The Journals of Captain Cook
$30.47
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1999
Summary
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Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook’s journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole’s definitive edition.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436471 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140436472 |
| Author: | Captain James Cook, Philip Edwards |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 469g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook (1728-79) was born in Yorkshire and after an apprenticeship at a shipowners, joined the navy in 1755.
Philip Edwards (now retired) has been a professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and the universities of Liverpool and Essex. He has written widely on Shakespeare and on the literature of voyages.
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