| Description |
xv, 490 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [422]-472) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
9780300114218 |
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0300114214 |
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