Summary
This chronicle of the life and voyages of Captain James Cook pays special attention to his three major expeditions across the Pacific, and his role in mapping the previously-uncharted areas of the globe. The author pays justified tribute to the man from a humble Yorkshire background who came to be regarded as the greatest sea explorer in history, while still presenting the less-heroic views some indigenous peoples had of him.
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"A richly detailed life of perhaps the greatest maritime explorer in history...[A] well-paced, nuanced contribution to the history of exploration."
-- Kirkus
"Deep in its research, broad in its sympathies, imaginative in its reconstruction of events and thought processes and graceful in its prose style, COOK presents a winning combination of qualities. In essence, it is a series of informative and sometimes inspired meditations on the various meanings an event might have had to its different participants." -- Jonathan Dore
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Walker & Co
Published date: 2003
Size: 9.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 464
Publisher's Notes
An in-depth chronicle of Captain James Cook's three historic voyages recounts his expeditions charting the eastern Australian coast, exploring the northwest coast of North America, circumnavigating New Zealand, and discovering many Pacific islands, setting his accomplishments against the backdrop of the colonialism of his era.
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