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Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
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Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook Hardcover - 2004

by Nicholas Thomas

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  • Title Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
  • Author Nicholas Thomas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 468
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Walker Books, New York
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 361129
  • ISBN 9780802714121 / 0802714129
  • Weight 2.04 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.48 x 1.67 in (24.08 x 16.46 x 4.24 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Cook, James - Travel, Explorers - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003057648
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

The history of the life and voyages of the British Navy explorer and cartographer, James Cook

First line

Despite the cold, a good many people stand about idly in Tower Hill, a broad and open space in the middle of a congested city, a place at once grand and squalid, depending on whether you glance towards the fine buildings along its western side, or the dunghill beside the ditch.

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About the author

Nicholas Thomas is a professor of anthropology at the University of London. A native of Sydney, Australia, he has traveled extensively in the course of his Pacific research and has curated several exhibitions on the history, art, and culture of Oceania.