Voyages to paradise : exploring in the wake of Captain Cook /
Gray, William R., 1946-
Voyages to paradise : exploring in the wake of Captain Cook / by William R. Gray ; photographed by Gordon W. Gahan ; prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. - 215 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm - [National Geographic special publications. 15th ser. ; no. 4] . - National Geographic special publications. 15th ser. ; no. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 212) and index.
Prologue: "Farther than any other man has been" -- The early years: "a bloody good seaman" -- The first voyage: "the entrancing cloud-hung heights of Tahiti" -- The first voyage: "into uncharted seas" -- The second voyage: "from icebound seas to sun-blessed islands" -- The third voyage: "the call of my country for more active service" -- The third voyage: "the frozen secrets of the Arctic" -- The third voyage: "the man they worshipped as God" -- Epilogue: "a man of unparallaled success."
Traces the life and worldwide travels of the 18th-century English explorer Captain James Cook.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
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Voyages to paradise : exploring in the wake of Captain Cook / by William R. Gray ; photographed by Gordon W. Gahan ; prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. - 215 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm - [National Geographic special publications. 15th ser. ; no. 4] . - National Geographic special publications. 15th ser. ; no. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 212) and index.
Prologue: "Farther than any other man has been" -- The early years: "a bloody good seaman" -- The first voyage: "the entrancing cloud-hung heights of Tahiti" -- The first voyage: "into uncharted seas" -- The second voyage: "from icebound seas to sun-blessed islands" -- The third voyage: "the call of my country for more active service" -- The third voyage: "the frozen secrets of the Arctic" -- The third voyage: "the man they worshipped as God" -- Epilogue: "a man of unparallaled success."
Traces the life and worldwide travels of the 18th-century English explorer Captain James Cook.
0870442848 9780870442841 0870442899 9780870442896 029595986X 9780295959863
78021187
011374885 Uk 011034210 Uk
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
/ G68