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An edition of Captain Cook (2011)

Captain Cook

master of the seas

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Profiles the famous navigator, addresses the common colonialist misconceptions about the explorer and his death, and re-creates the voyages that took him from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
490

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Subjects

History, Voyages around the world, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Cook, james, 1728-1779, Sailors, biography, Ocean travel, Great britain, biography, Sailors

People

James Cook (1728-1779)

Places

Great Britain, Oceania

Times

18th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Captain Cook
Captain Cook: Master of the Seas
Sep 25, 2012, Yale University Press
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Cover of: Captain Cook
Captain Cook: Master of the Seas
2011, Yale University Press
in English
Cover of: Captain Cook
Captain Cook: master of the seas
2011, Yale University Press
in English
Cover of: Captain Cook
Captain Cook
2011, Yale University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [422]-472) and index.

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New Haven

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
910.92
Library of Congress
G420.C65 M35 2011, G420.C65M35 2011, G246.C7 M3485 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 490 p.
Number of pages
490

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26887037M
Internet Archive
captaincookmaste0000mcly
ISBN 10
0300114214
ISBN 13
9780300114218, 0978300114218
LCCN
2010036481
OCLC/WorldCat
659413198, 670481488

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