The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World
Author : James Cook
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : James Cook
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : James Cook
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : James Cook
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781840221008
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 :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : James Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 110808480X
This seven-volume illustrated edition of James Cook's journals, originally published in 1821, brings together these celebrated writings in an attractive format.
Author : James Cook
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0760351562
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 King
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1108084818
This seven-volume illustrated edition of James Cook's journals, originally published in 1821, brings together these celebrated writings in an attractive format.
Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 16,5 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802714129
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 :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : James Cook
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 1607 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : History
ISBN :
"Having received my commission, which was dated the S5th of May, I768, I went on board on the 7th, hoisted the pennant, and took charge of the sliip, which then lay in the basin in Deptford Yard." - this is the beginning of the journal in which the legendary captain and discoverer of Australia and New Zealand described his adventures. The book contains the descriptions of the three voyages of Captain Cook, which resulted in the complete round-the-world expedition. Captain and his team were the first Europeans to meet the indigenous people of Australia and Oceania. Captain Cook took a great interest in the locals' style of life and customs. Thus, the book doesn't just present an account of one of the most daring sea expeditions in history but also impressions of the pioneering encounter of seamen with the people of unknown races.