Captain Cook: Master of the Seas - Rilegato

McLynn, Frank

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0300114214 ISBN 13: 9780300114218

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy.

Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain and overlooking an important aspect of his identity: his nautical skills. In this authentic, engrossing biography, Frank McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. He shows how the Captain's life was one of struggle--with himself, with institutions, with the environment, with the desire to be remembered--and also one of great success.

In Captain Cook, McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately, Cook, who began his career as a deckhand, transcended his humble beginnings and triumphed through good fortune, courage, and talent. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan.

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L'autore

Frank McLynn is a highly regarded historian specializing in biographies and military history. He has written more than twenty books, includingRichard and John: Kings at War, Napoleon, and Marcus Aurelius: A Life. He lives in Surrey, England.

Product Description

Physical description; xv, [5] p. of plates (maps), 490 p., [32] p of col. plates : ill. (some col.), maps, port. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Notes; Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [422]-472) and index. Subjects; Cook, James 1728-1779. Explorers - Great Britain - Biography. Voyages around the world - History - 18th century. Discoveries (in geography) - History. Ocean travel - History.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0300114214
• ISBN 13: 9780300114218
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 490