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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, European Mythmaking in the Pacific

The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, European Mythmaking in the Pacific
Gananath Obeyesekere
HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 344 PAGES

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In this academic work, a Sri Lankan scholar debunks the notion that the natives of the South Pacific hailed Captain James Cook as a lost deity, claiming that the myth of Europeans being celebrated as returning gods was a fabrication of the western world.  (PAC156, $27.95)

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