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Captain Cook Legacy

Source: National Library of Australia

The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, 20 January 1794
31 x 21.9 cm
Engraving published by John Thane on 20 January 1794 in London
after a design by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
after a drawing of Karakakooa Bay by John Webber

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AFAR

• The Lighthouse by Michael Parekowhai

Art Gallery NSW, Australia

• The apotheosis of Captain Cook (1794)

Department of Conservation, New Zealand

• The Turanganui River, A Brief History, October 2006

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

• Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770

E. Phillips Fox
Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770 1902
oil on canvas
192.2 × 265.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gilbee Bequest, 1902
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

our Auckland

• The Lighthouse lights up

RNZ Radio New Zealand

• Te Papa acquires painting from Cook voyage with 'portrayal of our tīpuna'
• Peter Ireland and the weight of Captain Cook

Royal Academy of Arts, UK

• The Apotheosis of Captain Cook (20 January 1794)

Royal Museums Greenwich, UK

• The Apotheosis of Captain Cook

References

AFAR

• The Lighthouse by Michael Parekowhai

Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

• It is housed in a purpose-built building close to the granite urn marking the site of Cook’s birthplace cottage in Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough

Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby

• The Museum is in the 17th century house where he lodged as an apprentice when not at sea

Captain Cook Society

• Welcome to the Captain Cook Society

Contemporary HUM

September 21st, 2018

• Mana Moana in the UK’s year of Captain Cook

National Maritime Museum, UK on Future Learn

• Confronting Captain Cook: Memorialisation in museums and public spaces

our Auckland

• The Lighthouse lights up

RNZ Radio New Zealand

May 20th, 2019

• Te Papa acquires painting from Cook voyage with 'portrayal of our tīpuna'

October 2nd, 2019

• Iwi to receive message expressing regret for Māori killed in James Cook meeting

Royal Museums Greenwich, UK

• Research guide N2: Captain James Cook
• Pacific Encounters

Smithsonian

• British Government ‘Expresses Regret’ for Māori Killed After James Cook’s Arrival in New Zealand

The Guardian

January 18th, 2022

• How to kill a god: the myth of Captain Cook shows how the heroes of empire will fall