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Voyages of Captain Cook (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Voyages of Captain Cook (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

James Cook

This book, told mostly from Cook's journals, describes the adventure of sailing into the unknown, of scientific experiment to fix a method of establishing longitude and of the botanical curiosities that were collected by Joseph Banks
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Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation. With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Title - Voyages of Captain Cook (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

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Author - James Cook

ISBN 13 - 9781840221008

Imprint - Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Publisher - Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Date Published - 27/10/1998

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 25mm

Weight - 308 g

Languages - English