Download or read book The Life of Captain James Cook written by J. C. Beaglehole and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1992-04-01 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culmination of the life work of the most distinguished historian of Pacific exploration, this lavishly illustrated biography places Cook in the context of his times and affirms his eminence in the history of maritime discovery.
Download or read book Map Collectors Series The Marine Surveys of James Cook in North America 1758 1768 written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captain Cook written by Frank McLynn and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated” biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator (The Wall Street Journal). The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with bold adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain. While they raise important issues, many of these critical accounts overlook his major contributions to science, navigation and cartography. In Captain Cook, Frank McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan. McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant yet tragically flawed man.
Download or read book Captain Cook s War Peace written by John Robson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768? As this new book shows, by that date he had become supremely and uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration.This was a period when who you were and who you knew counted for more than ability, but Cook, through his own skills and application, rose up through the ranks of the Navy to become a remarkable seaman to whom men of influence took notice; Generals such as Wolfe and politicians like Lord Egmont took his advice and recognised his qualities.During this period Cook added surveying, astronomical and cartographic skills to those of seamanship and navigation. He was in the thick of the action at the siege of Quebec during the Seven Years War, was the master of 400 men, and learned at first hand the need for healthy crews. By 1768 Cook was supremely qualified to captain Endeavour and a reader might ask, 'why would you choose anyone else but Cook to lead such a voyage.'Highly readable and displaying much new research, this is an important new book for Cook scholars and armchair explorers alike.
Download or read book To Go Upon Discovery written by Victor Suthren and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Go Upon Discovery begins with Cook’s arrival in Canada in 1758 and ends with his appointment to take Endeavour to the South Pacific. In between these dates, we witness the siege of Louisbourg during the Seven Years’ War, where Cook made his almost accidental discovery of the surveying techniques that distinguished him and gave him a prominent place in history. We see the development of his abilities while based in Halifax (1759-62), a port he knew better than any but his home port of Whitby, England. We are also party to the detailed description of Cook’s Newfoundland survey of 1763-67.
Download or read book The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery written by James Cook and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery The life of Captain James Cook written by James Cook and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Newfoundland written by Patrick O'Flaherty and published by St. John's, Nfld. : Long Beach Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia written by John Robson and published by Chatham Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate reference work on Britain's greatest navigator and explorer. The book aims to provide answers on all aspects of the life and voyages of Captain James Cook, and the people, places, events and ships associated with the great explorer.
Download or read book Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society written by American Antiquarian Society and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Travels of Captain Cook written by Ronald Syme and published by New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1971 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retraces Cook's explorations in the South Pacific and the Antarctic, revealing the sights and experiences he encountered and describing his vain search for a Northwest Passage.
Download or read book The Cartographer written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bibliography of Captain James Cook R N F R S Circumnavigator written by Mitchell Library, Sydney and published by Sydney : [Council of the Library of New South Wales]. This book was released on 1970 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revolutionary America 1763 1789 written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ill. on lining papers. Includes index.
Download or read book Extra Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
