The trial of the cannibal dog : the remarkable story of Captain Cook's encounters in the South Seas
by Anne Salmond
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300100922
- ISBN 13
- 9780300100921
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo,. cloth, dust jacket, xxii, 506 pages., [8] p. plates. : illustrated, This is an account of Cook's South Sea voyages, in which he plunged south to discover Antarctica and then veered north to discover Hawaii. In Anne Salmond's narrative, Cook's ships, far from remaining little wooden islands of Englishness in a Polynesian sea, become tangled in the worlds they encounter..
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112557297
- Title
- The trial of the cannibal dog : the remarkable story of Captain Cook's encounters in the South Seas
- Author
- Anne Salmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300100922
- ISBN 13
- 9780300100921
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8 vo,
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography., Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th Century Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.Cook, James, -- 1728-1779. Discoveries in geography.Voyages around the world. .Polynesia -- History.
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- History; Biography & Autobiography;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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