| Description |
xiv, 646 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of maps -- General Introduction -- The First Voyage, 1768-1771 -- Voyage Maps -- Introduction -- Journal -- The Second Voyage, 1772-1775 -- Voyage Maps -- Introduction -- Journal -- The Third Voyage, 1776-1780 -- Voyage Maps -- Introduction -- Journal -- Postscript: The Death of Cook -- Glossary -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places -- Location Maps |
| Summary |
"Captain Cook's Journals provide his vivid first-hand account of three extraordinary expeditions. These charted the entire coast of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, and brought back detailed descriptions of Tahiti, Tonga and a host of, until then, unknown islands in the Pacific. The journals amply reveal the determination, courage and skill which enabled Cook to wrestle with the continuous dangers of uncharted seas and the problems of achieving a relationship with the peoples whose unannounced guest he became."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Abridged ed. of a 4 volume work: The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery. Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1955-1974 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xiv) and indexes |
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Penguin classics |
| Subject |
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Diaries.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Diaries.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
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Seafaring life -- Early works to 1800.
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Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800.
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Voyages around the world.
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| SUBJECT |
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116418 -- Early works to 1800.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001366
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116418
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Author |
Beaglehole, J. C. (John Cawte), 1901-1971
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Edwards, Philip, 1923-
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Hakluyt Society.
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| LC no. |
00699860 |
| ISBN |
0140436472 (paperback) |
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