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Author McLynn, Frank, author.
Title Captain Cook : master of the seas / Frank McLynn.
Publication Info New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.



Descript 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : maps
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Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The Challenge of the Pacific -- First Contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward Bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost Horizon: The Great -- Southern Continent -- The Last Voyage -- Tahiti: The Final Phase -- Quest for Illusion: -- The Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian Nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes
ISBN 9780300172201 (electronic bk.)
0300172206 (electronic bk.)
0300114214
9780300114218
9780300114218 (hbk.)
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Author McLynn, Frank, author.
Subject Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
Descript 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The Challenge of the Pacific -- First Contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward Bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost Horizon: The Great -- Southern Continent -- The Last Voyage -- Tahiti: The Final Phase -- Quest for Illusion: -- The Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian Nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes
ISBN 9780300172201 (electronic bk.)
0300172206 (electronic bk.)
0300114214
9780300114218
9780300114218 (hbk.)
Author McLynn, Frank, author.
Subject Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.

Subject Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
Descript 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The Challenge of the Pacific -- First Contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward Bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost Horizon: The Great -- Southern Continent -- The Last Voyage -- Tahiti: The Final Phase -- Quest for Illusion: -- The Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian Nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes
ISBN 9780300172201 (electronic bk.)
0300172206 (electronic bk.)
0300114214
9780300114218
9780300114218 (hbk.)

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