Captain James Cook

The Journals of Captain Cook

Ebook (EPUB Format)

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole's definitive edition. The JOURNALS tells the story of these voyages as Cook wanted it to be told, radiating the ambition, courage and skill which enabled him to carry out an unrivalled series of expeditions in dangerou… Mehr

CHF 12.00

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen
Versandkostenfrei

Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Edwards, Philip (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-14-192808-1
EAN: 9780141928081
Produktnummer: 17833619
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 688 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 6'299 KB

Über den Autor

Captain James Cook (1728-79) was born in Yorkshire and after an apprenticeship at a shipowners, joined the navy in 1755. Philip Edwards (now retired) has been a professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and the universities of Liverpool and Essex. He has written widely on Shakespeare and on the literature of voyages.