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JAMES COOK - Maritime scientist
by STAMP, TOM & CORDELIA
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition.
- ISBN 10
- 0905355040
- ISBN 13
- 9780905355047
- Seller
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
Whitby / Yorkshire: Caedmon of Whitby Press, 1978. Cover photograph: Captain Cook's statue at Whitby. Using their knowledge of history of science and Quaker life Mr. And Mrs. Stamp have been able to put together a comprehensive biography of James Cook.They have focused on Cook's formative years at Whitby, the Northern English port from which he sailed and learnt his seaman's skill. Contents: 1). Cleveland childhood. 2). Whitby. 3). The Royal Navy. 4). Newfoundland. 5). The voyage of the Endeavour. 6). The Great Barrier Reef. 7). The second voyage. 8). The Resolution on its own. 9). The Pacific. 10). The circumnavigation completed. 11). The third voyage. 12). Omai's return. 13). America. 14). The end of life. With conclusion, chronology, appendix, bibliography and index. Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. 10 illustrations. Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough and English county of North Yorkshire. XIV + 159 pag. . 1st edition. Hard bound with dustjacket. Good condition.. 23cmx14,5cm.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027654
- Title
- JAMES COOK - Maritime scientist
- Author
- STAMP, TOM & CORDELIA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0905355040
- ISBN 13
- 9780905355047
- Publisher
- Caedmon of Whitby Press
- Place of Publication
- Whitby / Yorkshire
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- whitby newfoundland endeavour great barrier reef omai bachstrom pacific ocean hawaiian islands marton james lind new zealand palliser quakers tahiti
- Size
- 23cmx14,5cm
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