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Cook, James R.

 
9780140436471: The Journals of Captain Cook [Lingua Inglese]

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The Journals of Captain Cook, 9780140436471

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James Cook (1728-1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, accurately charting many areas and recording several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time.

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Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole's definitive edition. The JOURNALS tells the story of these voyages as Cook wan

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9780851157443: The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery: Edited from the Original Manuscripts: Four Volumes and a Portfolio (0) [Lingua Inglese]

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ISBN 10:  0851157440 ISBN 13:  9780851157443
Casa editrice: Boydell Pr, 1968
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