Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L....
Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L....
Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L. Nicandri ; Preface by Robin Inglis, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Publisher
Washington, U.S. University of Washington Press, 2015.
Call Numbers
HQ 2015/450
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Language
English
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Physical content
429 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), photographs, maps (chiefly colour) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue : Three Comments on Cook's Third Voyage / Nicholas Thomas -- James Cook, Navigator and Explorer : The Pacific Experience, 1768-1776 / John Gascoigne -- James Cook and the Northwest Passage : Approaching the Third Voyage / Glyn Williams -- Setting the Stage : Spain in the Pacific and the No...
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Publisher
Washington, U.S. University of Washington Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant. On his third and final great voyage, Cook surveyed the northwest American coast in the hopes of finding the legendary Northwest Passage. While drea...
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Full title
Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L. Nicandri ; Preface by Robin Inglis, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2015.
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©2015.
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HQ 2015/450
Record Identifier
74VKOWXrMj7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOWXrMj7A
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ISBN
9780295993997 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
910.91632
MMS ID
991022542429702626
