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.
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TextSeries: National Geographic special publications. 15th ser. ; ; no. 4.Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [1981]Copyright date: copyright 1981Description: 215 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0870442848
- 9780870442841
- 0870442899
- 9780870442896
- 029595986X
- 9780295959863
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 919.6211 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FEAH25072400 |
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.