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328 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226733685
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Language: English
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In recent years, these questions have arisen in debates over the death and deification of Captain James Cook on Hawai'i Island in 1779. Did the Hawaiians truly receive Cook as a manifestation of their own god Lono? Or were they too pragmatic, too...
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328 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226733685
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In recent years, these questions have arisen in debates over the death and deification of Captain James Cook on Hawai'i Island in 1779. Did the Hawaiians truly receive Cook as a manifestation of their own god Lono? Or were they too pragmatic, too...