Lying for the admiralty : Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage / Margaret Cameron-Ash ; foreword by : Joh...
Lying for the admiralty : Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage / Margaret Cameron-Ash ; foreword by : Joh...
Lying for the admiralty : Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage / Margaret Cameron-Ash ; foreword by : John Howard.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Kenthurst, NSW : Rosenberg Publishing, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/3293 , H 2018/4671
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
240 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Kenthurst, NSW : Rosenberg Publishing, 2018.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
When the Admiralty sends Cook to observe the transit of Venus he is also told to find new territories for Britain and to take steps secretly to get in ahead of the French. Never have Cook’s journals and charts been subjected to such unbiased, forensic examination. The doubts, puzzles and queries raised by J.C. Beaglehole, Cook’s renowned editor and...
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Lying for the admiralty : Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage / Margaret Cameron-Ash ; foreword by : John Howard.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages216-220) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/3293 , H 2018/4671
Record Identifier
74VKVQoLlbp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQoLlbp3
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ISBN
9780648043966 paperback :
DDC
910.92
MMS ID
991024198018902626
