Tupaia, Captain Cook and the Voyage of the Endeavour
A Material History
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 5 February 2026
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781350569140
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 244x188x22 mm
- Weight 715 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 50 bw illus and 8 colour plates 677
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Short description:
Redressing Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage and centering the navigator, Tupaia, this book brings together indigenous perspectives to explore material history alongside acts of commemoration in Britain and the Pacific.
MoreLong description:
Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook's first 'voyage of discovery' (1768-1771). Contributors consider material collections brought back from the voyage, paying particular attention to Tupaia's drawings, maps, cloth and clothes, and the attending narratives that framed Britain's engagement with Pacific peoples.
Bringing together indigenous and Pacific-based artists, scholars, historians, theorists and tailors, this book presents a cross-cultural conversation around the concepts of acquired and curated artefacts that traversed oceans and entwined cultures. Each chapter draws attention to a particular material, object or process to reveal fresh insights on the voyage, the societies it brought together and the histories it transformed. Authors also explore animal iconography, instruments and ethnomusicology, and performances and rituals.
This work challenges colonial museum collections and celebrations of Cook's voyages, using materials old and new to make connections between past and present, whilst reinforcing Tupaia's agency as both a historical figure and a contemporary muse. Tracing overlapping folds of symbolism, this book draws together a picture of the diverse materials and people at the centre of cultural exchange.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Taonga and Tupaia: Introduction to a Material History, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (Central European University, Austria) and Simon Layton (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
2. The Whale and Wave that Washed our Minds: Notes from the Making of a Documentary, Kay Robin, Jody Toroa and Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll. Featuring words by Emalani Case, Tina Ngata and Hinane Teavai-Murphy
Section One: The Wave of Tupaia
3. Tupaia and the Heva Tupapa'u: Voyages Past, Present and Future, Pauline Reynolds (Norfolk Island Museum) and Julie Adams (British Museum, UK)
4. Art and History in Conversation: Tupaia's Drawing of a Marae, Harriet Parsons (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Katerina Teaiwa (Australian National University)
5. The Pacific and the Tasman: A Conversation with Alison Bashford, Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales, Australia)
6. 'When it's Rough, Don't Pray for Good Weather. Pray for Courage': An Interview with Anne Salmond, Anne Salmond (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
7. Rangiiwaho Ihu Ki Te Moana: Encountering the Pacific at the National Maritime Museum, Sylvia Cockburn (Australian War Memorial)
8. Western Histories of the Endeavour Voyage: Erasures and Creations Performed, Archived and Activated, Huw Rowlands (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Section Two: In the Wake of Tupaia
9. I Didn't Know What I Was Doing: Tupaia's Postcolonial Funeral and Ritual Art in Britain, Naomi Vogt (Warwick University, UK)
10. Conversation Pieces: Between Creases and Edges, Ruby Hoette (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
11. Museopiracy and the Vacuum Package: Redressing the Commemoration of the Endeavour's Voyage to the Pacific in Processions for Tupaia, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (Central European University, Austria)
12. Fishing for Pirates: Institutional Violence and the Cook Commemoration, Simon Layton (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
13. A New Atlantic: Wayfinding Beyond the Totalizing Claims and Epistemic Violence of Eurocentric Modernity, Tom Trevor (The Atlantic Project, UK)
14. Tupaia's New Cloak as Transformative Healing Object, Vita Peacock (Kings College London, UK)
15. Look at Me/Don't Look at Me: A Voyage and a Journey Around High-Vis Materials; or Explorations in Fluorescent Matters, Juliette Kristensen (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
16. Reparation as a Crossing: On the Filming of Procession for Tupaia as a Performative Documentary Process, Ludovica Fales (Kitchen Sink Collective, London
17. Rubbishing Counterpoint: An Interview with Johanes (Mo'ong) Santoso Pribadi on Tupaia's Funeral Music in Batavia, Johanes Santoso Pribadi (Independent Composer and Music Writer, Indonesia) and Hana Qugana (University of Sussex, UK)
18. Savaging the Sonic: Tupaia, Indigeneity and Commemorative Dissonance, Hana Qugana (University of Sussex, UK)
