ARTstor and the Natural History Museum, London has “cooked” something up: 1,647 images of botanical and zoological illustrations from Captain James Cook’s expeditions to the South Pacific! (1768 – 1779) James Cook commanded three voyages, exploring and charting the great expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Accompanied by naturalists and artists, they made significant contributions to our geographic, oceanographic, and astronomic knowledge.
To see the new images, go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click on “Cook’s Voyages to the South Seas” at: http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/an-100203-cook.shtml