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Captain James Cook: A Biography

Richard Hough

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James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated navigators/explorers of his time. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic brought a new understanding of the geography and of the peoples, flora, and fauna of the lands he discovered. Cook produced maps of unprecedented accuracy; revolutionized the seafarers' diet, all but eliminating scurvy; and exploded the myth of the Great Southern Continent imagined by earlier geographers and scientists.

Hough consulted numerous archives and traveled in Cook's wake from Alaska to Tasmania, visiting many of the Pacific islands.

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Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1995

Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company

Edition:: First American edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393315193

ISBN13:: 9780393315196

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Captain James Cook: A Biography

Richard Hough

4.15/5 (507 ratings)

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James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated navigators/explorers of his time. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic brought a new understanding of the geography and of the peoples, flora, and fauna of the lands he discovered. Cook produced maps of unprecedented accuracy; revolutionized the seafarers' diet, all but eliminating scurvy; and exploded the myth of the Great Southern Continent imagined by earlier geographers and scientists.

Hough consulted numerous archives and traveled in Cook's wake from Alaska to Tasmania, visiting many of the Pacific islands.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1995

Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company

Edition:: First American edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393315193

ISBN13:: 9780393315196

kindle Asin:: B00BMUVVD2

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