This essay focuses on James Cook: the colonizer and cartographer. who captained the three voyages of the Endeavour in the 1760s and 1770s, in which Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island.

James Cook: the colonizer and cartographer

who captained the three voyages of the Endeavour in the 1760s and 1770s, in which Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands were claimed for the British Empire. Research Project – Choose a historical figure from the list on Blackboard and answer the following question: What does this figure tell us about the racial structures of imperialism? This question allows for a lot of exploration.    Your essay should include a brief overview of the individual’s life.  However, it should not be a descriptive or narrative account of this person’s life.  Rather, your essay should be an analysis of what their life tells us about the race structures of Empire.  You may also want to include gender and class structures as well.  Therefore, you should examine your figure’s life in light of the political. Economic, military, legal, religious, social, and/or cultural milieu in which they lived.

Your essay should analyze at least one written primary source and one visual primary source.  These primary sources should be examine in the body of the essay.  Visual primary sources (such as photograph. Paintings, posters and political cartoons) should be use as examples to demonstrate your argument (not merely as illustrations).  The historical context in which the primary sources were produce, the authorship of these sources and their audiences should shape your interpretation of the primary sources.    Your essay should be 6-7 pages long, not including title page or citations.  It should be in Times New Roman font with 12 point spacing.