Voyages of Captain Cook
Author(s): James Cook
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- : 0.313
- : 01 October 1998
- : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : James Cook
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 910.92
- : 496