Captain CookA biography of the English explorer, navigator, and cartographer who discovered Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. |
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 7 |
The Able Seaman | 13 |
The Vanishing Continent | 28 |
Copyright | |
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