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The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals

The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals

Cook, Capt James
Price, Grenfell

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ISBN10: 0486227669
ISBN13: 9780486227665
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Jun 1 1971
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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 Scotland-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the then practically uncharted Pacific. His explorations of the eastern coastline of Australia, leading to its eventual British colonization; his thorough charting of New Zealand, discovery of the Hawaiian Island, and his investigation of both the mythical 'Terra Incognita' in the southern ocean and the equally mythical Northwest Passage, as well as his contributions to cartography and to the cure and prevention of sea disease were all of immense scientific and political significance. Though lacking in formal education, Cook was a man of great intelligence and unbounded curiosity, and his journals reflect a wide-ranging interest in everything from island customs to specific problems of navigation, charting, command, and diplomacy.

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