The Voyages of Captain Cook
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2013
432 pages
978-1-84870-476-3 (ISBN)
Description
Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation.
With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Herts
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84870-476-3 (9781848704763)
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James Cook | John Barrow
The Voyages of Captain Cook
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10/1998
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Why read Captain Cook?
- Background to Cook's life
- Origins of the first voyage
- Achievements and incidents of the First Voyage: 1768-1771
- Origins of the Second Voyage
- Incidents and achievements of the Second Voyage: 1772-1775
- Origins of the Third Voyage
- Disappointments and failures of the Third Voyage: 1776-1780
- Events leading to the death of Cook
- Further Reading
- Note on the Text
- First Voyage
- Second Voyage
- Third Voyage
- Notes
- First voyage
- Second voyage
- Third voyage
