Voyages of Captain James Cook
The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Pacific Voyages
(Sprache: Englisch)
The first-ever illustrated account of Captain James Cook's epic eighteenth-century voyages, complete with excerpts from his vivid journals.
This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James...
This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James...
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The first-ever illustrated account of Captain James Cook's epic eighteenth-century voyages, complete with excerpts from his vivid 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 untimely murder by natives in Hawaii. The Voyages of Captain James Cook reveals Cook's fascinating story through excerpts from his journals, as well as 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 bound to enthrall anyone who appreciates history, science, art, and classic adventure.
Autoren-Porträt von James Cook, John Hawkesworth, George Forster
James Cook (1728 - 1779), der britische Seefahrer und Entdecker, begann seine maritime Laufbahn schon sehr früh: Bereits als 18-Jähriger erwarb er sich weitgehend autodidaktisch umfangreiche Kenntnisse in Navigation, Kartographie und Astronomie. Sein Talent entdeckte die Königlich Geographische Gesellschaft, für die er 1768 nach Tahiti aufbrach, um die umliegenden Inseln zu kartographieren. Berühmt wurde James Cook durch drei Expeditionsreisen (1768 - 1779/80) in die damals noch unbekannten Weiten des Pazifischen Ozeans. Ihm gelang es erstmalig, Neuseeland, Australien und die Inselwelt der Südsee zu kartographieren. Damit vervollständigte er unser neuzeitliches Bild von der Erde und widerlegte die Vorstellung von einem mythischen Südkontinent.
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- Autoren: James Cook , John Hawkesworth , George Forster
- 2016, 320 Seiten, 140 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 25,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Thomas, Dr Nicholas (Ed)
- Verlag: Motorbooks
- ISBN-10: 0760350299
- ISBN-13: 9780760350294
Sprache:
Englisch
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