James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific, Thames & Hudson, 2009, 276 pages, $75. The great publishing house of Thames & Hudson has long been renowned for its output of high-quality volumes, of interest to the dedicated and discerning collector of books as much as to the general reader. It has a particularly good record in the field of books on art, architecture and history, amongst other topics. This new book is very much in that fine tradition. It is in effect a catalogue, with some related essays, of an exhibition of artefacts, manuscripts and other materials pertaining to…
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