The quest of Captain Cook
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Lee J. Ames - Illustrator
Publication
1962 - N. Y., Doubleday, Garden City, No place, unknown, or undetermined
Language
English
Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivequestofcaptainco00sels
- Internet Archivequestofcaptainco00sels_0
- Library of Congress Control Number62007072
- Open LibraryOL24938021M
Classifications
- LCCDU20 .S4
Description
In the years from 1768 to 1779 James Cook sailed in three great voyages around the world. The story of these voyages is the story of the greatest single quest any man ever made to explore uncharted waters and to discover real lands in place of imaginary ones. He mapped all the coast of New Zealand and eastern Australia and claimed these lands for the British crown. He discovered innumerable islands in the Pacific and rediscovered others that mariners had once reached but couldn't find again. He circumnavigated the Antarctic and found ample reasons to believe there was a continent there. He discovered the Hawaiian Islands. He mapped the northwest coast of America and sailed into the Arctic Ocean in search of a passage east or west. - p. 8.
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