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Author:

McLynn, Frank.

Title:

Captain Cook : master of the seas / Frank McLynn.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xv, 490 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Cook, James,--1728-1779.
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
Voyages around the world--History--18th century.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-472) and index.

Contents:

A Yorkshire apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The challenge of the Pacific -- First contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost horizon : the great southern continent -- The last voyage -- Tahiti : the final phase -- Quest for illusion : the Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0300114214
9780300114218

LCCN:

2010036481

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)