The Voyages Of Captain Cook

Author : James Cook,John Hawkesworth,Georg Forster,James King
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780760351567

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The Voyages of Captain James Cook by James Cook,John Hawkesworth,Georg Forster,James King Pdf

The first-ever illustrated account of the explorer and cartographer’s epic eighteenth-century Pacific voyages, complete with excerpts from his journals. This is history’s greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the HMS Endeavour, continued to comb the southern hemisphere for the imagined continent Terra Australis. The voyage lasted from 1768 to 1771, and upon Cook’s return to London, his journaled accounts of the expedition made him a celebrity. After that came two more voyages for Cook and his crew—followed by Cook’s murder by natives in Hawaii. The Voyages of Captain James Cook reveals Cook’s fascinating story through journal excerpts, illustrations, photography, and supplementary writings. During Cook’s career, he logged more than 200,000 miles—nearly the distance to the moon. And along the way, scientists and artists traveling with him documented exotic flora and fauna, untouched landscapes, indigenous peoples, and much more. In addition to the South Pacific, Cook’s voyages took him to South America, Antarctica, New Zealand, the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska, the Arctic Circle, Siberia, the East Indies, and the Indian Ocean. When he set out in 1768, more than one-third of the globe was unmapped. By the time Cook died in 1779, he had created charts so accurate that some were used into the 1990s. The Voyages of Captain James Cook is a handsome illustrated edition of Cook’s selected writings spanning his Pacific voyages, ending in 1779 with the delivery of his salted scalp and hands to his surviving crewmembers. It’s an enthralling read for anyone who appreciates history, science, art, and classic adventure.

Author : James Cook
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1840221003

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The Voyages of Captain Cook by James Cook Pdf

Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation.With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Author : James Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1784
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : BSB:BSB10901447

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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean by James Cook Pdf

Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802714121

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Cook by Nicholas Thomas Pdf

An in-depth chronicle of Captain James Cook's three historic voyages recounts his expeditions charting the eastern Australian coast, exploring the northwest coast of North America, circumnavigating New Zealand, and discovering many Pacific islands, setting his accomplishments against the backdrop of the colonialism of his era.

Author : James Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Voyages and travels
ISBN : HARVARD:32044074321431

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The Voyages of Captain James Cook by James Cook Pdf

Author : James Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Oceania
ISBN : PRNC:32101015400193

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The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World by James Cook Pdf

Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141988177

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Discoveries by Nicholas Thomas Pdf

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook and his associates experienced and what the societies he encountered experienced - from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.

Author : Glyndwr Williams
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843831007

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Captain Cook by Glyndwr Williams Pdf

Essays reassess Cook's standing as a leading figure in eighteenth-century history, exploration and the advancement of science.

Author : David L. Nicandri
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774862257

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Captain Cook Rediscovered by David L. Nicandri Pdf

Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to frame Captain James Cook’s career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific achievements took place in the polar regions. David L. Nicandri acknowledges the cartographic accomplishments of the Australasian first voyage but focuses on the second- and third-voyage discovery missions in the extreme latitudes, where Cook pioneered the science of iceberg and icepack formation. A truly modern appraisal of early polar science, Captain Cook Rediscovered resonates in the climate change era.

Author : Jason K. Foster,New Holland Publishers
Publisher : Young Reed
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Oceania
ISBN : 1921580410

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The Voyages of Captain Cook by Jason K. Foster,New Holland Publishers Pdf

Captain James Cook (1728 1779) was one of the most influential explorers in history. Cook sailed thousands of nautical miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe, discovering new lands and mapping vast areas of the Pacific Ocean including the islands of New Zealand and the East Coast of Terra Australis Incognita, which he named New South Wales. From humble beginnings in York, England, Cook went on to circumnavigate the globe on three occasions before tragically losing his life in the Hawaiian Islands, aged just 52. His achievements not only included the discoveries of countless islands, exotic peoples and previously unknown flora and fauna, but they also led to the settlement of Australia in 1788 and ultimately, changed the world. The Voyages of Captain Cook is the story of his thrilling and perilous voyages around the world.

Author : John Ledyard
Publisher : National Geographic
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Russia
ISBN : UOM:39015060598284

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The Last Voyage of Captain Cook by John Ledyard Pdf

Ledyard's Siberian journals recount a harrowing journey through Russia under the rule of Catherine the Great, while his diary from Alexandria and Cairo provides a brilliant and rare account of Egypt before Napoleon's invasion. Finally, Ledyard's correspondence sheds light on pre-revolutionary Paris and on his friendships with the Marquis de Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, and Sir Joseph Banks. In his short life, John Ledyard traveled farther than any American had before."--Jacket.

Author : James K. Barnett,Henry Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874223571

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Captain Cook's Final Voyage by James K. Barnett,Henry Roberts Pdf

Maritime historian James K. Barnett discovered extraordinary journals and paintings of Captain James Cook's demanding final voyage languishing in Australian archives. Expedition artist John Webber and two young officers"Discovery" first lieutenant James Burney, and "Resolution" Master's Mate Henry Roberts--offer remarkable eyewitness accounts of initial European contact, the first reasonably accurate maps of North America's west coast, the earliest comprehensive report from the Bering Sea ice pack, and portrayals of the celebrated mariner's dramatic death at Kealakekua Bay. Particularly astonishing for depictions of landings along Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska, Barnett adds context and commentary to complete the story.

Author : Andrew Kippis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Voyages around the world
ISBN : OXFORD:N10564159

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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World by Andrew Kippis Pdf

Author : James 1728-1779 Cook,John Sir Barrow, 1764-1848
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1360864458

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CAPTAIN COOKS VOYAGES by James 1728-1779 Cook,John Sir Barrow, 1764-1848 Pdf

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Author : James Barnett,David Nicandri
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772030617

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Arctic Ambitions by James Barnett,David Nicandri Pdf

While dreams of a passage proved illusory, Captain James Cook's journey produced some of the finest charts, collections, and anthropological observations of his career. It also helped establish British relations with Russia and opened the door to the hugely influential maritime fur trade. This collection of essays from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars - including former Vancouver Maritime Museum executive director James P. Delgado and University of Alberta historian I.S. MacLaren - uses artifacts, charts, and records of the encounters between Native peoples and explorers to tell the story of this remarkable voyage.