Pacific exploration : voyages of discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle / Nigel Rigby...
Pacific exploration : voyages of discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle / Nigel Rigby...
Pacific exploration : voyages of discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle / Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe and Glyn Williams.
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Publisher
London : Adlard Coles & the National Maritime Museum, 2018.
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H 2019/0426
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Language
English
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Physical content
256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Cook and the voyage of Endeavour -- Ships in company: the second and third voyages -- 'Gentleman, scholar and seaman' : Arthur Phillip and Australia -- 'Spirit of Discovery' : the tragic voyage of Lapérouse [La Pérouse] -- Lost voyage of Alejandro Malaspina -- 'Acquiring a more complete knowledge'...
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Publisher
London : Adlard Coles & the National Maritime Museum, 2018.
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour , commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas - including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands - and tested all...
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Pacific exploration : voyages of discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle / Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe and Glyn Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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H 2019/0426
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74VKV0ObGDOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0ObGDOl
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ISBN
9781472957733
DDC
995
MMS ID
991024224617802626
