Voyages of Captain James Cook (eBook)

The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages

James Cook, Georg Forster, John Hawkesworth, James King (Autoren)

Nicholas Thomas (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
320 Seiten
Zenith Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-5156-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The first-ever illustrated account of the explorer and cartographer's epic eighteenth-century Pacific voyages, complete with excerpts from his journals. This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the HMS Endeavour, continued to comb the southern hemisphere for the imagined continent Terra Australis. The voyage lasted from 1768 to 1771, and upon Cook's return to London, his journaled accounts of the expedition made him a celebrity. After that came two more voyages for Cook and his crew followed by Cook's murder by natives in Hawaii. The Voyages of Captain James Cook reveals Cook's fascinating story through journal excerpts, illustrations, photography, and supplementary writings. During Cook's career, he logged more than 200,000 miles nearly the distance to the moon. And along the way, scientists and artists traveling with him documented exotic flora and fauna, untouched landscapes, indigenous peoples, and much more. In addition to the South Pacific, Cook's voyages took him to South America, Antarctica, New Zealand, the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska, the Arctic Circle, Siberia, the East Indies, and the Indian Ocean. When he set out in 1768, more than one-third of the globe was unmapped. By the time Cook died in 1779, he had created charts so accurate that some were used into the 1990s. The Voyages of Captain James Cook is a handsome illustrated edition of Cook's selected writings spanning his Pacific voyages, ending in 1779 with the delivery of his salted scalp and hands to his surviving crewmembers. It's an enthralling read for anyone who appreciates history, science, art, and classic adventure.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 140 color & 35 b-w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: 18th Century History • Adventure • Antarcti,Blue Latitudes,HMS Adventure,Northwest Passage,Benjammin Franklin • Australia • British explorer • captain in Royal Navy • Captain James Cook • cartographer • Cartography • English explorer • european explorers • exploration • Hawaiian history • History • history of James Cook • history of maps • history of world maps • HMS Endeavor • Indian Ocean • James Cook • James Cook voyages • journals of Captain James Cook • journals of James Cook • mapmaking • Maps • maritime explorer • Navigator • New Zealand • Pacific Northwest • Pacific Ocean • The Royal Society
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-5156-2 / 0760351562
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-5156-7 / 9780760351567