The Life of Captain James Cook by Beaglehole, J. C - 1992

Stanford University Press, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stanford University Press, 1992. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stanford University Press, 1992-04-01. Paperback. Good. 1.5000 9.2100 6.1400. Minor wear and creasing pages yellowed

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Stanford University Press. Good+. 1992. Paperback. 0804720096 . Cover crease else VG .

Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1998. Later Printing. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Front free endpaper corner clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Exploration. ISBN: 0804720096. ISBN/EAN: 9780804720090. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24170. . 9780804720090

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. Later printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 772 p. "This is a tome which occassionally tells you just a little more than you really want to know about the three great voyages to the Pacific, but anyone seriously interested in the western penetration into the Pacific will want to read this book. It is also an articulate and formidable defense of Cook's character, seamanship, and wisdom. While Cook is not quite so venerable now in a time of great sensitivity to the depradations western invasion inflicted on indiginous people, this book presents us with an undoubtedly great man interested not in conquest but in geography, exploration, discovery, science, anthropology and peaceful relations between cultures. The aftermath was a tragedy, (see Alan Moorehead's The Fatal Impact) but Cook was simply too high-minded and short-sighted to forsee what would come after. Cook was for better and worse a man of his time--and it was an age of… Read More

Stanford University Press, April 1992. Trade Paperback . Used Very Good/yes .

Stanford University Press. Very Good. 1992. Paperback. 0804720096 . This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. ; 9.34 X 6.33 X 2 inches; 772 pages .

Stanford University Press. New in New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0804720096 . This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Captain Cook is the greatest explorer-seaman of all time, yet the world has had to wait almost two centuries for the first full-scale biography to do justice to the man and his achievements. Professor J.C. Beaglehole, the leading authority on Pacific exploration, devoted himself for many years to the editing of Cook's copious Journals, a monument of scholarship in four massive volumes, and the Journal of Josepph Banks who accompanied Cook in the Endeavor. The Journals completed, Beaglehole turn to writing as the crown of his life's work this biography of Cook, which was completed but for a final checking when he died. This… Read More