Captain James Cook and the Explorers of the Pacific

Captain Cook: Master of the Seas 9780300172201

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of

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The apotheosis of Captain Cook: European mythmaking in the Pacific 9781400843848, 9780691057521

Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion

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Captain James Cook : British explorer 9781422228395, 1422228398, 9781422228432, 1422228436

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James Cook: The Voyages 9780773554047

Explore the voyages of James Cook through the artwork, charts, and journals created on the voyage. Explore the voyages

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Captain Cook: Voyager Between Worlds 9781472599841, 9781847250025

Captain James Cook was a supreme navigator and explorer, but in many ways was also a representative of English attitudes

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Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 9781465574473

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Captain Cook 9780007371983, 9780008353346, 0007371985, 0008353344

On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean’s a

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Captain John Franklin and Sir Ernest Shackleton: The History of Britain’s Most Famous Polar Explorers and Their Expeditions

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In

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In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through His Own Words 9780755624904, 9781845114831

Captain James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age, perhaps of any age. He was a leader of men, a master voyager wh

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Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery 1108071813, 9781108071819

John Rickman, second lieutenant on one of the two ships commanded by James Cook on his last expedition, wrote this journ

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