The Remarkable Voyages of Captain CookWith her brilliant economy of style, Blumberg tells of the three major voyages of Captain Cook that brought our understanding of the globe into focus and introduced Europeans to the cultures of such exotic places as Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. 70 black-and-white prints. Maps. |
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... American colonies during the 1760s , advisers assured him that richer settlements could flourish on a new , still - to - be - discovered continent . The time was ripe for a worldwide British empire , whose expanded territory would ...
... American colonies during the 1760s , advisers assured him that richer settlements could flourish on a new , still - to - be - discovered continent . The time was ripe for a worldwide British empire , whose expanded territory would ...
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... American colonies was a major cause for colonizing Australia . Convicts who had formerly been shipped to America were shipped to Australia . Loyalists from the American colonies also found asylum there . 9. Banks II , 79 . 10. Ibid . II ...
... American colonies was a major cause for colonizing Australia . Convicts who had formerly been shipped to America were shipped to Australia . Loyalists from the American colonies also found asylum there . 9. Banks II , 79 . 10. Ibid . II ...
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... American . See American Revolution Reynolds , Sir Joshua , 48 , 70 , 72 Rio de Janeiro , 15-17 Roggeveen , Jacob , 64 Rolim , Count , 15-17 Rowe , John , 81 Royal Society , 9-10 , 73 and Cook , 6 , 10-11 , 49-50 and transit of Venus , 3 ...
... American . See American Revolution Reynolds , Sir Joshua , 48 , 70 , 72 Rio de Janeiro , 15-17 Roggeveen , Jacob , 64 Rolim , Count , 15-17 Rowe , John , 81 Royal Society , 9-10 , 73 and Cook , 6 , 10-11 , 49-50 and transit of Venus , 3 ...
Contents
An Unknown Continent | 1 |
THE FIRST VOYAGE 17681771 | 13 |
Pacific Paradise | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Admiralty Adventure American anchored animals Antarctic Antarctic Circle Arctic artist astronomer Atlantic Australia Banks's Batavia boats British canoes Cape Captain Cook Captain James Cook Charles Clerke charted chief clothing coast Cook felt Cook set crew Dalrymple discovered Easter Island Endeavour Journal Enderby Land England English European expedition explorers fascinating feathers fish Friendly Islands Furneaux Gore Hawaii Hawaiians head honor Hope huge human Ibid icebergs John Joseph Banks Journals of Captain Kamchatka killed King George King Kalaniopuu land leave Ledyard Lieutenant King Lono Lono's Maoris maps marines Marquesas miles natives navigator never Nootka Sound Northwest Passage officers Pacific Ocean paradise priest Purea Resolution and Discovery returned Rhoda Blumberg Royal Society Russian sailors Samwell's Journal Sandwich scurvy second voyage servants ship's shore South Seas stay stopover Sydney Parkinson Tahiti Tahitians Tasman Tropic Tupia Unalaska Unknown Southern Continent Venus visited Wallis weeks women Zealand