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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barnett, James K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Maps
  • Preface
  • Foreword by Richard Neville
  • Introduction by Glyn Williams
  • Prologue
  • Part One: The South Seas
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Voyage Begins, June-December 1776
  • 2. Tasmania and New Zealand, January-February 1777
  • 3. Cook Islands, March-April 1777
  • 4. Tonga, April-August 1777
  • 5. Tahiti, August-December 1777
  • 6. Finding Hawai'i, December 1777-February 1778
  • Part Two: The Northwest Passage
  • Introduction
  • 1. Nootka Sound, February-April 1778
  • 2. Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, May-June 1778
  • 3. Finding Arctic Ice, June-August 1778
  • 4. Return to Unalaska, September-October 1778
  • Part Three: Revisiting Hawai'i and the Death of Cook
  • Introduction
  • 1. In Hawaiian Waters, November 1778-January 1779
  • 2. Kealakekua Bay, January-February 1779
  • 3. Return to Kealakekua Bay, February 1779
  • 4. Leaving Hawai'i, February-March 1779
  • Part Four: Homeward
  • Introduction
  • 1. Reaching Avacha Bay, March-June 1779
  • 2. Confronting Arctic Ice, June-July 1779
  • 3. Return to Kamchatka and England, July-November 1779
  • Notes

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