Captain Cook : master of the seas /

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The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McLynn, Frank (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779.
Cook, James, > 1728-1779
1700-1799
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Voyages around the world > History > 18th century.
Voyages autour du monde > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Voyages around the world
Oceania > Discovery and exploration.
Océanie > Découverte et exploration.
Great Britain
Oceania
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Charting Cook
  • A Yorkshire Apprenticeship
  • The Seven Years War
  • Charting Newfoundland
  • The Challenge of the Pacific
  • First Contacts with Tahiti
  • The Isle of Cythera
  • Peril in Australasia
  • Homeward Bound
  • Antarctica
  • Tongans and Maoris
  • Mastering the Pacific
  • Lost Horizon: The Great
  • Southern Continent
  • The Last Voyage
  • Tahiti: The Final Phase
  • Quest for Illusion:
  • The Northwest Passage
  • Hawaiian Nightmare
  • Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes

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