Cook's Ark is a fascinating account of the animals that sailed with Captain James Cook to the South Pacific, with particular reference to New Zealand. Extensively referenced, easy to read, professionally edited, proofread and designed, revealed amongst the stories of the animals are little known facts relevant to Aotearoa/New Zealand's history.
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Cook's Ark is a fascinating account of the animals that sailed with Captain James Cook to the South Pacific, with particular reference to New Zealand. Extensively referenced, easy to read, professionally edited, proofread and designed, revealed amongst the stories of the animals are little known facts relevant to Aotearoa/New Zealand's history.
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Cook's Ark is a fascinating account of the animals that sailed with Captain James Cook to the South Pacific, with particular reference to New Zealand. It offers a novel insight into an aspect of Cook's voyages rarely touched on by other authors: the menagerie that travelled in uncomfortably close proximity to the men on board Endeavour and Resolution. From the tiniest mouse, poultry, cats, monkeys, goats, pigs, etcetera, to the larger cattle and horses, the reader follows their journey with Captain Cook. Dr Sutherland's intensive research on the vermin, livestock, utility animals, pets and exotic animals introduced to the South Pacific not only reveals a fascinating glimpse into the life of animals at sea in the 18th century, it also exposes historic facts that were previously unknown or understated. E.g.: the old man who arranged the massacre of Furneaux's men at Grass Cove; Aotearoa/New Zealand's first ill-fated sweethearts (a 14-year old Maori girl and 15 year old sailor), and almost unbelievable, the name of the man who killed Captain Cook. Cook's Ark concludes by linking animals introduced during Cook's voyages with New Zealand's historic heritage breeds of livestock.
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Alison Sutherland is to be congratulated as yet another gap in the Cook canon has been filled by this most interesting book. John Robson, President of the international Captain Cook Society and author of Captain Cook's World',The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia', `Captain Cook's War and Peace', etcetera.
About the Author
On completing her PhD at Wellington's Victoria University in 2006, Dr Sutherland wrote her first book 'Classroom to Prison Cell', published by Stead & Daughters. Having moved to a lifestyle block in Masterton, she stumbled on the story of NZ's Arapawa goats, rumoured to be descendants of goats introduced by Captain Cook. Her determination to find the truth about the goats' origins led to years of research and resulted in a children's illustrated book 'Old Will, the first Arapawa goat'. This was soon followed by 'No Ordinary goat, the story of New Zealand's Arapawa goats', written for adults. But it didn't end there. While researching the origins of the Arapawa goats, Dr Sutherland collected the stories of all the animals that sailed with Captain Cook to the South Pacific. This inspired her to publish her latest book: 'Cook's Ark'.
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