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Cook : the extraordinary voyages of Captain James Cook
This book is the definitive chronicle of the three world-changing voyages made by Captain James Cook in the 1770s - voyages which substantially recast the known shape of the globe.
Record details
- ISBN: 0802714129
- ISBN: 9780802714121
- ISBN: 0802777112
- ISBN: 9780802777119
- Physical Description: xxxvii, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2003.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Published simultaneously under the title: Discoveries : the voyages of Captain James Cook. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-444) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- History's man -- 1. England's Atlantic -- Cook's maps ; Banks's books -- 2. To the South Sea -- Punished Henry Stephens seaman ; As miserable a set of people as are this day upon Earth ; As favourable to our purpose as we could wish ; In order to seize upon the people ; He was laughed at by the Indians ; Alarming and I may say terrible circumstance ; Calamitous situation we are at present in ; My intentions certainly were not criminal -- 3. Towards the South Pole -- Inhospitable parts I am going to ; Mingling my tears with hers ; We are the innocent cause of this war ; Varieties of the human species ; Southern hemisphere sufficiently explored ; Now I am going to be confined -- 4. To the North Pacific -- I allow because I cannot prevent it ; Act that I cannot account for ; They may fear, but never love us ; Squalls and rain and so dark ; Dream that we could not reconcile ourselves to -- Epilogue : Cook's afterlives. |
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| Genre: | Travel writing. Biography. History. Biographies (form) Travel writing. Biographie (Descripteur de forme) |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 910.942 THO (Text) | 000148193 | Nonfiction | Available | - |