James Cook: The Journals (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Cook, Captain James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140436472 ISBN 13: 9780140436471

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole's definitive edition. The JOURNALS tells the story of these voyages as Cook wanted it to be told, radiating the ambition, courage and skill which enabled him to carry out an unrivalled series of expeditions in dangerous waters.

About this title

About the Author

Captain James Cook (1728-79) was born in Yorkshire and after an apprenticeship at a shipowners, joined the navy in 1755. Philip Edwards (now retired) has been a professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and the universities of Liverpool and Essex. He has written widely on Shakespeare and on the literature of voyages.

From the Back Cover

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. This title tells the story of these voyages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140436472
• ISBN 13: 9780140436471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688
• Editor: Edwards Philip