The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779 /
edited by A. Grenfell Price ; illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton ; with a new introduction by Percy G. Adams.
- xix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Dover books on travel, adventure .
- Dover books on travel, adventure. .
Includes bibliographical references (page xiii).
Introductory -- Ocean problems of the 18th century -- Cooks' early life and career -- The first voyage, 1768-1771 -- Preparations and instructions -- Tahiti, 1769 -- New Zealand, 1769-70 -- Eastern Australia, 1770 -- The voyage concluded -- The second voyage, 1772-1775 -- Seeking the southern continent -- The Antarctic, 1772-3 -- Searching the Pacific, 1773 -- The Antarctic, 1773-4 -- Searching the Pacific, 1774 -- The Antarctic and home, 1774-5 -- Cook honoured in England -- The third voyage, 1776-1780 -- Preparations and instructions -- The central Pacific -- The discovery of Hawaii, 1778 -- The north American coast -- The death of James Cook -- Conclusion -- The man and his achievements. chapter 1. chapter 2. chapter 3. chapter 4. chapter 5. chapter 6. chapter 7. chapter 8. chapter 9. chapter 10. chapter 11. chapter 12. chapter 13. chapter 14. chapter 15. chapter 16. chapter 17. chapter 18. chapter 19. chapter 20.
"No man ever did more to alter and correct the map of the earth," writes Percy Adams in his new introduction, than 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.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 --Diaries.
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Oceania--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.