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Author: Lynne Withey Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 9780520065642 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 528
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Makes use of recent scholarship in such disciplines as history, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism to place Captain James Cook in the broader context of Pacific exploration.
Author: Lynne Withey Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 9780520065642 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 528
Book Description
Makes use of recent scholarship in such disciplines as history, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism to place Captain James Cook in the broader context of Pacific exploration.
Author: Facts On File, Incorporated Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 1438124759 Category : Biography Languages : en Pages : 65
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-- Biographies of some of the most important explorers the world has known -- Ideal for research or class use -- Written in accessible, easily understood language -- Complements school curriculum Cook earned his reputation as a great navigator for his three voyages exploring the Pacific Ocean.
Author: James Cook Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486227669 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 320
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Selections from Cook's journals of the first voyage (1768-1771) to Tahiti, New Zealand and Eastern Australia; second voyage (1772-1775) to the Antarctic and the Pacific; third voyage (1776-1780) to Hawaii, the north American coast; eye-witness accounts of Cook's death in Hawaii.
Author: John McAleer Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300207247 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
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British Royal Navy Captain James Cook's voyages of exploration across and around the Pacific Ocean were a marvel of maritime achievement, and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. The expeditions answered key scientific, economic, and geographic questions, and inspired some of the most influential images of the Pacific made by Europeans. Now readers can immerse themselves in the adventure through the collections of London's National Maritime Museum, which illuminate every aspect of the voyages: oil paintings of lush landscapes, scientific and navigational instruments, ship plans, globes, charts and maps, rare books and manuscripts, coins and medals, ethnographic material, and personal effects. Each artifact holds a story that sheds light on Captain Cook, the crews he commanded, and the effort's impact on world history. Showcasing one of the richest resources of Cook-related material in the world, this publication invites readers to engage with the extraordinary voyages--manifested in material culture--and their continuing significance today.
Author: Charles J. Shields Publisher: Chelsea House Pub ISBN: 9780791064221 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 63
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Examines the life of explorer James Cook, focusing on his expeditions through the Pacific Ocean, exploring Tahiti, Australia, and New Zealand.
Author: Adrienne L. Kaeppler Publisher: ISBN: 9780500515167 Category : Natural history Languages : en Pages : 0
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Documents Cook's voyages and reproduces around 500 original items collected by him and the international team of scientists and artists accompanying him.
Author: James Cook Publisher: New York : Limited Editions Club ISBN: Category : Islands of the Pacific Languages : en Pages : 320
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The diaries of James Cook, the Scotch-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the then practically unchartered Pacific.
Author: Derek Howse Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520357590 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 228
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Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime exploration and the political, economic, and scientific motives behind it. Writing essays on the literary and artistic response to the voyages as well, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and anyone interested in the history of voyage and travel. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Author: Nigel Rigby Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472957717 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas – including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands – and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lapérouse and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.
Author: Lynne Withey
Author: Lynne Withey
Author: Facts On File, Incorporated
Author: James Cook
Author: John McAleer
Author: Charles J. Shields
Author: Jean Kinney Williams
Author: Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Author: James Cook
Author: Derek Howse
Author: Nigel Rigby