Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific - Hardcover

Blainey, Geoffrey

 
9781566638258: Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1566638259 ISBN 13: 9781566638258
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. That Christmas, in New Zealand waters, the two captains were almost within sight of each other, though neither knew of the other's existence. This is the stirring tale of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Geoffrey Blainey brings his marvelous storytelling powers to bear on this fascinating and important adventure, drawing us brilliantly into the lives of the major figures.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia's most eminent historians. He held a chair at Harvard University and taught for many years at the University of Melbourne. The Oxford Companion to Australian History calls him 'the most prolific, wide-ranging, inventive' of all living Australian historians.

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Verlag
Bloomsbury Academic
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1566638259
ISBN 13 
9781566638258
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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