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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No jacket. National Maritime Museum, 2002. Paperback, sm4to, 144pp, illust. A good copy. 0948065435/0.5 . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

138, (6)pp. Prof. illus. (partly color). 4to. Wraps.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 144p hardback, large format, fresh dustjacket, colour illustrated throughout, excellent copy Language: English.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Appears to be unread. Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas - including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands - and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lap¿use and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.

25.0 x 19.0cms 144pp b/w & colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper The chapters cover; in the wake of James Cook; Jean-Francois Laperouse; William Bligh; Alejandro Malaspina; George Vancouver; Matthew Flinders.

25.0 x 19.0cms 144pp b/w & colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper The chapters cover; in the wake of James Cook; Jean-Francois Laperouse; William Bligh; Alejandro Malaspina; George Vancouver; Matthew Flinders.

25.0 x 19.0cms 144pp b/w & colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper The chapters cover; in the wake of James Cook; Jean-Francois Laperouse; William Bligh; Alejandro Malaspina; George Vancouver; Matthew Flinders.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 144pp, ills, maps. Great navigator, and explorer 144 p.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

2002, 144pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.

2005, 144pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. With dustjacket. In good condition.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Zustand: FINE! MARITIME EXPLORATION -First Edition. 144 p. : ill. (some col.), ports., maps, plans ; 26 cm. #161125 Voyages and travels Islands of the Pacific -- Discovery and exploration Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration Chapter 1: In the Wake of Cook. Chapter 2: Gentleman, Scholar and Seaman: Arthur Phillip and Australia. Chapter 3: The Spirit of Discovery: the tragic voyage of Laperouse. Chapter 5: Lost voyage of Alejandro Malaspina. Chapter 7: Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 7¾" (1.1 kg); pp 144; Index; Includes: Timeline; Further reading list; Black & white photographs (within the text); Colour photographs (within the text); Maps (some colour); Colour frontispiece; List of sources; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #195653 ||.

Boards. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour and b&w illus, pp 144. Ex-UWA Press stamp, otherwise fine in like d.j.

Broschiert. Zustand: Sehr gut. 144 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age. Between 1768 and his death on Hawaii in 1779 he made three great Pacific voyages that had the same effect on his generation's view of the world as space exploration has had on ours. Born in 1723, son of a Yorkshire farm worker, he rose from apprentice in the East Coast coal trade to be a skilled marine surveyor, Royal Naval captain and Fellow of the Royal Society. Voyaging over then unknown seas from the Antarctic to Alaska, he discovered the east coast of New Zealand and Australia, most of the islands of the central Pacific and charted all he found with extraordinary accuracy and completeness. His voyages were also unprecedented for the health and well-being he maintained among his men. The National Maritime Museum holds one of the world's great Cook collections and this account of his voyages, including their scientific and artistic aspects, draws on them to tell the story of man of whom it has been said, 'his competence changed the face of the world'. ISBN 9780948065439 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.