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Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined life of the Captain's wife.

Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined ...

Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined life of the Captain's wife.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxX8g27PX

Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined life of the Captain's wife.

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Full title

Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined life of the Captain's wife.

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Publisher

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2003.

Date

2003.

Record Identifier

74VvxX8g27PX

MMS ID

991016775319702626

Language

English

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Physical content

1 online resource (367 p.)

Contents

Title page; Epilogue; The Frost Fair Print; The Bell Alehouse; The Great Tree; A Box of Letter Tiles; John Walker's House; Execution Dock Stairs; The Fan of Time; The Porcelain Teapot; The Oriental Box; The Marriage Certificate; A Plan of St John's; The Telescopic Quadrant; The Endeavour; The Foldin...

A Letter from Dr Solander to Joseph BanksIntroduction to A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution; Boswell's An Account of Corsica; The Portrait of Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance; The Will of James Cook; The Copley Medal; The Unfinishe...

Portrait of Elizabeth Cook by an Unknown ArtistA Letter from Isaac Smith to Edward Hawke Locker; Elizabeth Cook's Monuments; Where are they now?; Obituary: Mrs Cook - from Gentleman's Magazine, July 1835.

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Publisher

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2003.

Date Published

2003.

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

In the great sweep of history, of winds, tides and seasons, there is a story of courage and survival that belongs not to a great sea captain, but to his wife. While Captain James Cook circumnavigated the globe, travelling further than any man had before, Elizabeth Cook travelled with him in her thoughts, imagining the exotic, the sensory and the st...

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Mrs Cook [electronic resource] : The real and imagined life of the Captain's wife.

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Record Identifier

74VvxX8g27PX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxX8g27PX

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ISBN

9781741153491

DDC

823.914

MMS ID

991016775319702626