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Captain Cook's Final Voyage : The Untold Story from the Journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts
Two young officers' extraordinary eyewitness accounts of Cook's search for the elusive Northwest Passage depict the captain's dramatic death, initial European contact, and Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska landings. The journals also offer early maps and the first Bering Sea ice pa...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pullman, Washington :
Washington State University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Two young officers' extraordinary eyewitness accounts of Cook's search for the elusive Northwest Passage depict the captain's dramatic death, initial European contact, and Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska landings. The journals also offer early maps and the first Bering Sea ice pack reports. James K. Barnett adds context and expert commentary. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (342 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781636820101 |