Farther than any man : the rise and fall of Captain James Cook
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| フォーマット: | Livre |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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New York :
Pocket Books,
c2001.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| 要約: | A portrait of eighteenth-century explorer and adventurer Captain James Cook draws on Cook's own journals to describe his youth, his career in the Royal Navy, and his expeditions that charted the Pacific Ocean |
目次:
- Prologue: Newport, Rhode Island Land of hopes and dreams: Adam raised Cain In the navy Politics Endeavour: living on the edge of the world: The great Endeavour Rio The promised land Rendezvous Coasting on the edge of the world Trapped First Resolution: farther than any man: Local hero Ice Cannibals The forbidden lands Homeward bound Last Resolution: Fame The call of adventure Rum, sodomy, and the lash North Lono Epilogue: Captain Cook, Hawaii