Captain James Cook And The Search For Antarctica

Author : James C Hamilton
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 152675360X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica written by James C Hamilton and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica – the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts of his three voyages in the southern Pacific and Southern Oceans, Cook ‘narrowed the options’ for the location of Antarctica. Over three summers, he completed a circumnavigation of portions of the Southern Continent, encountering impenetrable barriers of ice, and he suggested the continent existed, a frozen land not populated by a living soul. Yet his Antarctic voyages are perhaps the least studied of all his remarkable travels. That is why James Hamilton’s gripping and scholarly study, which brings together the stories of Cook’s Antarctic journeys into a single volume, is such an original and timely addition to the literature on Cook and eighteenth-century exploration. Using Cook's journals and the log books of officers who sailed with him, the book sets his Antarctic explorations within the context of his historic voyages. The main focus is on the Second Voyage (1772-1775), but brief episodes in the First Voyage (during 1769) and the Third Voyage (1776) are part of the story. Throughout the narrative Cook’s exceptional seamanship and navigational skills, and that of his crew, are displayed during often-difficult passages in foul weather across uncharted and inhospitable seas. Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica offers the reader a fascinating insight into Cook the seaman and explorer, and it will be essential reading for anyone who has a particular interest the history of the Southern Continent.

Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802714129
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cook written by Nicholas Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth chronicle of Captain James Cook's three historic voyages recounts his expeditions charting the eastern Australian coast, exploring the northwest coast of North America, circumnavigating New Zealand, and discovering many Pacific islands, setting his accomplishments against the backdrop of the colonialism of his era.

Author : Richard Bowen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 142228963X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain James Cook written by Richard Bowen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain James Cook is one of the most famous explorers of all time. His discoveries include parts of Australia, islands in the Pacific, and parts of the Hawaiian Islands. Cook sailed to distant places from Antarctica to New Zealand, making maps and collecting information as he travelled. Today, we remember Captain Cook for his major discoveries and his leadership of his crew. Learn the story of one of the most important explorers in history in Captain James Cook: British Explorer.

Author : Stephen Feinstein
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781598451023
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Cook written by Stephen Feinstein and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of Captain James Cook, a British explorer and scientist, including his early life, his many Pacific voyages, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.

Author : James Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406515206
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World written by James Cook and published by . This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive account of the voyages of Captain James Cook, the famous English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Volume I of II.

Author : Jim Ollhoff
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1617839655
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Cook written by Jim Ollhoff and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title introduces readers to Captain Cook, the great explorer who mapped thousands of miles of uncharted territory. Cook?s life story is examined from his childhood to his marriage and his service in the Royal Navy. Early influences are covered including Cook?s development as an astronomer. Cook?s journeys on the Endeavor and Resolution are covered, including the search for the Terra Australis Incognita and the Northwest Passage. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : J. C. Beaglehole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472453259
Total Pages : 978 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery written by J. C. Beaglehole and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume of the Journals of Captain James Cook deals with the voyages of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776 - 1780.

Author : James Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World written by James Cook and published by . This book was released on 1779 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On spine: Second voyage by Cook.

Author : J. C. Beaglehole
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781472453266
Total Pages : 978 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery written by J. C. Beaglehole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain James Cook's first two voyages of exploration, in 1768-71 and 1772-75, had drawn the modern map of the South Pacific Ocean and had opened the door on the discovery of Antarctica. These expeditions were the subject of Volumes I and II of Dr J.C. Beaglehole's edition of Cook's Journals. The third voyage, on which Cook sailed in 1776, was directed to the Northern Hemisphere. Its objective was the discovery of 'a Northern Passage by sea from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean' - the North-west Passage, sought since the 16th century, which would have transformed the pattern of world trade. The search was to take Cook into high latitudes where, as in the Antarctic, his skill in ice navigation was tested. Sailing north from Tahiti in 1778, Cook made the first recorded discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. On March 7 he sighted the Oregon coast in 44° N. The remarkable voyage which he made northward along the Canadian and Alaskan coasts and through Bering Strait to his farthest north in 70° nearly disproved the existence of a navigable passage towards the Atlantic and produced charts of impressive accuracy. Returning to Hawaii to refit, Cook met his death in a clash with the natives as tragic as it seems unnecessary. Dr Beaglehole discusses, with sympathy and insight, the tensions which led Cook, by then a tired man, into miscalculations alien to his own nature and habits. The volume and vitality of the records, both textual and graphic, for this voyage surpass those even for Cook's second voyage. The surgeons William Anderson and David Samwell, both admirable observers, left journals which are also here printed in full for the first time. The documentation is completed, as in the previous volumes, by appendixes of documents and correspondence and by reproductions of original drawings and paintings mainly by John Webber, the artist of the expedition. In Dr Beaglehole's words, 'no one can study attentively the records of Cook's third, and last, v

Author : Jean Kinney Williams
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756504212
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cook written by Jean Kinney Williams and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the English explorer and his travels around Tahiti and Australia, until his sudden death.