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Synopsis
Traces the life of the British explorer, recounts how he rose from the lowest ranks of the merchant marine, and describes his voyages to North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic
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Review
Highly readable (Terry Waite, The Sunday Times)
Richard Hough's biography is as fascinating as it is felicitous in style and entertaining in content (Field Marshal Lord Carver, The Sunday Telegraph)
Hough tells the story with skill to give a convincing smell of the sea (Flora Fraser, The Times)
Captain James Cook does handsome justice to the navigator (Ian Thomson, The Independent)
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An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Richard Hough's vivid narrative captures all the excitement of this age of discovery and establishes Cook as a link between the vague scientific speculations of the early eighteenth century and the industrial revolution to come. A pioneer in many fields, Cook produced maps of unprecedented accuracy; revolutionized the seaman's diet, all but eliminating scurvy; and exploded the myth of the Great Southern Continent imagined by earlier geographers and scientists Hough consulted numerous archives and traveled in Cook's wake from Alaska to Tasmania, visiting many of the Pacific islands--including the spot where Cook was stoned to death by cannibals in the Hawaiian archipelago--to produce a comprehensive and immensely readable biography, full of new insights into the life of one of the worlds greatest mariners. Seller Inventory # 00106263189
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Captain James Cook: A Biography
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Richard Hough's vivid narrative captures all the excitement of this age of discovery and establishes Cook as a link between the vague scientific speculations of the early eighteenth century and the industrial revolution to come. A pioneer in many fields, Cook produced maps of unprecedented accuracy; revolutionized the seaman's diet, all but eliminating scurvy; and exploded the myth of the Great Southern Continent imagined by earlier geographers and scientists Hough consulted numerous archives and traveled in Cook's wake from Alaska to Tasmania, visiting many of the Pacific islands--including the spot where Cook was stoned to death by cannibals in the Hawaiian archipelago--to produce a comprehensive and immensely readable biography, full of new insights into the life of one of the worlds greatest mariners. Seller Inventory # 00106251880
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