Captain Cook's War and Peace : The Royal Navy Years, 1755-1768 Hardback
by College of Optometry John (University of Houston) Robson
Hardback
Description
The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook's famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific.
This new book investigates why Cook was chosen to captain Endeavor and how he became uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration.
Displaying much new research, it examines Cook's remarkable seamanship qualities and his surveying, astronomical, and cartographic skills, as well as his actions at the siege of Quebec.
Cook scholars and armchair explorers alike will appreciate this important new study.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 35 Illustrations; Maps; Tables, black and white; Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Naval Institute Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2009
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- ISBN:9781591141099
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 35 Illustrations; Maps; Tables, black and white; Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Naval Institute Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781591141099