ISBN: 9780774862226 - captain cook rediscovered: voyaging to the icy latitudes (9 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to frame Captain James Cook's career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific achievements took place in the polar regions. Recognizing that Cook sailed more miles in the high latitudes of all of the world's oceans than in the tropical zone, this book gives due attention to his voyages in seas and lands usually neglected. David L. Nicandri acknowledges the cartographic accomplishments of the Australasian first voyage but focuses on the second- and third-voyage discovery missions near the poles, where Cook pioneered the science of iceberg and icepack formation. This ground-breaking book overturns an area of study that has been typically dominated by the 'palm-tree paradigm' - resulting in a truly modern appraisal of Cook for the climate change era.…

Zustand: New. This first modern study to focus on James Cook s polar adventures, Captain Cook Rediscovered introduces an entirely new explorer who is more at home along the edge of the polar ice packs than the Pacific s sandy beaches.&Uumlber den Autor.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Captain Cook Rediscovered | Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes | David L. Nicandri | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2020 | University of British Columbia Press | EAN 9780774862226 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …