Captain Cook Arrow Legend
It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has finally ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explore Captain James Cook who died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779.
"There is no Cook in the Australian Museum," museum collection manager Jude Philip said not long ago in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made of Cook's bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its exhibition, "Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum," which does include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani'opu'u in 1778.
Cook was one of Britain's great explorers and is credited with discovering the "Great South Land" now Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii.
The legend of Cook's arrow began in 1824 when Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams, a London surgeon and relative of Cook's wife, saying it was made of Cook's bone after the fatal fight with islanders.
In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued until it came face-to-face with science.
DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook's bone but was more likely made of animal bone, said Philp.
However, Cook's fans refuse to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be uncovered, as they say there is evidence not all of Cook's body was buried at sea in 1779. "On this occasion technology has won," said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society, in a statement from Britain. "But I am sure that one of these days ... one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day." [理工類C]
庫克船長弓箭的傳說
這本是個絕妙的傳說，但DNA測試最終結(jié)束了這個長達(dá)兩個世紀(jì)之久的古老故事。傳說是關(guān)于一支據(jù)說是用1779年在桑偉奇群島死去的英國探險家船長詹姆士·庫克的遺骨刻成的夏威夷弓箭。
在不久前DNA證據(jù)宣布該弓箭并非來自于庫克船長的遺骨時，澳大利亞博物館收藏經(jīng)理尤帝·菲利普說：“澳大利亞博物館里并沒有庫克的遺骨?！钡@并不能停止博物館在展覽會上展出弓箭?！翱脊虐l(fā)現(xiàn)：澳大利亞博物館的寶藏”展覽中的確還展示了一個在1778年夏威夷國王卡蘭尼歐普送給庫克的一個羽毛斗篷。
庫克是英國最偉大的探險家之一，他在1770年發(fā)現(xiàn)了“南大陸”，也就是現(xiàn)在的澳大利亞。此后在桑偉奇群島被棒擊致死。
庫克弓箭傳說始于1824年，當(dāng)時夏威夷國王卡在彌留之際將弓箭賜給了庫克妻子的親戚，一名倫敦外科醫(yī)生威廉·亞當(dāng)斯，并告訴他弓箭是在那次致命毆打后用庫克的遺骨做成的。
在19世紀(jì)90年代，弓箭被交給澳大利亞博物館。這個傳說直到與科學(xué)直接接觸才停止。
據(jù)菲利普說，澳大利亞和新西蘭的試驗(yàn)室的DNA測試證實(shí)弓箭并非取材于庫克的遺骨，而更可能來自動物的骨頭。
但是，庫克迷們卻不肯放棄希望。他們期待庫克傳說之一將會被證明是正確，并且他的部分遺骨還會被發(fā)現(xiàn)。正如他們所說，有證據(jù)表明庫克的遺骨并不是在1779年全都葬身大海了。庫克船長協(xié)會的會長克利夫·托馬森在一個來自英國的聲明中說：“在這個問題上，科技取得了勝利。我堅(jiān)信某一天庫克傳說之一將會被證明是真的?！盵理工類]
It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has finally ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explore Captain James Cook who died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779.
"There is no Cook in the Australian Museum," museum collection manager Jude Philip said not long ago in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made of Cook's bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its exhibition, "Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum," which does include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani'opu'u in 1778.
Cook was one of Britain's great explorers and is credited with discovering the "Great South Land" now Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii.
The legend of Cook's arrow began in 1824 when Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams, a London surgeon and relative of Cook's wife, saying it was made of Cook's bone after the fatal fight with islanders.
In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued until it came face-to-face with science.
DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook's bone but was more likely made of animal bone, said Philp.
However, Cook's fans refuse to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be uncovered, as they say there is evidence not all of Cook's body was buried at sea in 1779. "On this occasion technology has won," said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society, in a statement from Britain. "But I am sure that one of these days ... one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day." [理工類C]
庫克船長弓箭的傳說
這本是個絕妙的傳說，但DNA測試最終結(jié)束了這個長達(dá)兩個世紀(jì)之久的古老故事。傳說是關(guān)于一支據(jù)說是用1779年在桑偉奇群島死去的英國探險家船長詹姆士·庫克的遺骨刻成的夏威夷弓箭。
在不久前DNA證據(jù)宣布該弓箭并非來自于庫克船長的遺骨時，澳大利亞博物館收藏經(jīng)理尤帝·菲利普說：“澳大利亞博物館里并沒有庫克的遺骨?！钡@并不能停止博物館在展覽會上展出弓箭?！翱脊虐l(fā)現(xiàn)：澳大利亞博物館的寶藏”展覽中的確還展示了一個在1778年夏威夷國王卡蘭尼歐普送給庫克的一個羽毛斗篷。
庫克是英國最偉大的探險家之一，他在1770年發(fā)現(xiàn)了“南大陸”，也就是現(xiàn)在的澳大利亞。此后在桑偉奇群島被棒擊致死。
庫克弓箭傳說始于1824年，當(dāng)時夏威夷國王卡在彌留之際將弓箭賜給了庫克妻子的親戚，一名倫敦外科醫(yī)生威廉·亞當(dāng)斯，并告訴他弓箭是在那次致命毆打后用庫克的遺骨做成的。
在19世紀(jì)90年代，弓箭被交給澳大利亞博物館。這個傳說直到與科學(xué)直接接觸才停止。
據(jù)菲利普說，澳大利亞和新西蘭的試驗(yàn)室的DNA測試證實(shí)弓箭并非取材于庫克的遺骨，而更可能來自動物的骨頭。
但是，庫克迷們卻不肯放棄希望。他們期待庫克傳說之一將會被證明是正確，并且他的部分遺骨還會被發(fā)現(xiàn)。正如他們所說，有證據(jù)表明庫克的遺骨并不是在1779年全都葬身大海了。庫克船長協(xié)會的會長克利夫·托馬森在一個來自英國的聲明中說：“在這個問題上，科技取得了勝利。我堅(jiān)信某一天庫克傳說之一將會被證明是真的?！盵理工類]