The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage - Hardcover

Baker, Simon

 
9780563534631: The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 056353463X ISBN 13: 9780563534631
Verlag: Import, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

The Ship tells the exciting story of Captain James Cook's voyage on the Endeavour and describes what happened when a BBC team of volunteers boarded a magnificent replica of the ship to retrace a dramatic stretch of its route from Cape Grafton in Australia to Jakarta in Indonesia. Simon Baker, author and volunteer able seaman, begins by taking a fresh look at Cook and the origins of his first voyage - how it turned from a scientific expedition to observe an eclipse into a far-reaching quest for the Great Southern Continent. Drawing on original journals, he re-examines Cook's motives and reputation, revealing a more complex character than the hero that history has handed down to us. The replica Endeavour provided a unique opportunity to 'test' the achievements of Cook and his company within an authentic eighteenth-century environment.

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Verlag
Import
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
056353463X
ISBN 13 
9780563534631
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
223
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