book chapter
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery: 3. The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780
Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1967 • Pages: xxiii-xxvii, 96-182
By: Cook, James, Beaglehole, J. C. (John Cawte), Skelton, R. A. (Raleigh Ashlin).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is the journal of Captain James Cook of two months (April to July 1777) spent in the Kingdom of Tonga. Cook visited the islands ofNomuka, Lifuka, Tongatapu, and Eua. The journal covers topics such as dealings with the natives, trade, meeting Finau, Pau (the Tui Tonga), Maealiuaki (the Tui Kanokupolu), the performance of the Inasi ceremony, and other miscellaneous ethnographic notes. There is a summary of Tongan culture at the end. Journals of other members of the crew on the same visit will be found in 55:Anderson, 56:Samwell, and 57:Clerke.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Practical preparations in conducting fieldwork
- Topography and geology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- External trade
- Spectacles
- Classes
- Districts
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Explorer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1777
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1776-1780
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Islands of Nomuka, Lifuka, Tongatapu, and Eua, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- edited by J. C. Beaglehole
- Although this document is concerned with the period before 1800, the subject HISTORY (175) was not used in indexing
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. xxiii-xxvii)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56006658
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans