Captain James Cook and the search for Antarctica /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, James C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2020.
Temas:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779.
Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800.
Voyages autour du monde > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Discoveries in geography.
Voyages around the world.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Antarctique > Découverte et exploration.
Antarctica.
Early works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction to Captain Cook's Voyages
  • 1. Three Voyages Of Captain Cook
  • 2. Terra Australis Incognita
  • 3. Ships And The Ships' Companies
  • pt. 2 Cook's Visits to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, 1769
  • 4. Tierra Del Fuego, Rounding Cape Horn And The Search For A ̀Land Of Great Extent'
  • pt. 3 Crossing the Antarctic Circle
  • 5. Cook's First Crossing
  • 6. Separated In An Antarctic Fog
  • 7. Àn Agitated & Tempestuous Sea': The Cook Strait
  • 8. Cook's Second Crossing
  • 9. Cook's Third Crossing
  • pt. 4 Exploration of Sub-Antarctic Regions
  • 10. Second Visit To Tierra Del Fuego, Cape Horn And Staten Island
  • 11. Ẁild Rocks, Thick Fogs, And Everlasting Snow': South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
  • 12. Second Voyage Publication Controversy
  • 13. Kerguelen
  • Cook's Ìsland Of Desolation'
  • pt. 5 Natural Science, Cook's Achievements and Antarctica after Cook
  • 14. Natural Science And Cook's Journals
  • 15. Cook's Search For Antarctica
  • Navigation In High Southern Latitudes
  • 16. Antarctica And Sub-Antarctic Islands After Cook.

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