CAPTAIN COOK'S WAR AND PEACE: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591141095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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John Robson, a map librarian at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, is the author of The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia and Captain Cook's World.
About the Author John Robson, a map librarian at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, is the author of The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia and Captain Cook's World.
"Meticulous Research and Elegant Style" according to Anne Saturley. John Robson's Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 is a delight for James Cook enthusiasts and British Naval historians alike. As far as I am aware, up until now (nearly Meticulous Research and Elegant Style John Robson's Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 is a delight for James Cook enthusiasts and British Naval historians alike. As far as I am aware, up until now (nearly 300 years after the birth of the great explorer and cartographer) all of the numerous publications dealing with Cook brush over the years from his birth until about his 39th year, when he was appointed by the Navy to go to Tahiti to take some astronomical readings, and sail south to search for the fabled "Southern Continent", until his death. 00 years after the birth of the great explorer and cartographer) all of the numerous publications dealing with Cook brush over the years from his birth until about his Meticulous Research and Elegant Style John Robson's Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 is a delight for James Cook enthusiasts and British Naval historians alike. As far as I am aware, up until now (nearly 300 years after the birth of the great explorer and cartographer) all of the numerous publications dealing with Cook brush over the years from his birth until about his 39th year, when he was appointed by the Navy to go to Tahiti to take some astronomical readings, and sail south to search for the fabled "Southern Continent", until his death. 9th year, when he was appointed by the Navy to go to Tahiti to take some astronomical readings, and sail south to search for the fabled "Southern Continent", until his death
The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook's famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific. Cook scholars and armchair explorers alike will appreciate this important new study.. This new book investigates why Cook was chosen to captain Endeavor and how he became uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration. Displaying much new research, it examines Cook's remarkable seamanship qualities and his surveying, astronomical, and cartographic skills, as well as his actions at the siege of Quebec