Captain James CookA biography of the English sea captain whose voyages opened up Australia and the South Sea Islands to Europeans. |
Common terms and phrases
aboard Admiralty Adventure Alexander Dalrymple aloft anchor anchorage Antarctic Arctic ashore Atlantic Banks bark boats bowsprit cabin called canoes Cape Horn Captain Cook chiefs circumnavigation coast command Cook's coral crew Dalrymple Dampier deck discovery Dolphin East Endeavour England English fore Forster French fresh Furneaux gales harbor hauled heaved Holland Hugh Palliser hull islands James Cook knew land later latitude Lieutenant longitude looked Magellan Maori mariners master masts mate midshipman miles mizzen named National Maritime Museum naval navigation navy Northwest Passage obvious Ocean officers passage perhaps Polynesian port Portuguese Queirós reef Resolution rigging Roaring Forties sailing ship sailors scurvy seamen ship's sight Solander sort Sound South Pacific South Seas spars square-rigged square-rigged ship Strait Strait of Magellan Tahiti Tahitians Tasman Terra Australis thing tion took topmast Torres trade wind Tupia voyage Wallis weather Whitby yards Zealand
References to this book
Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science: A Multicultural Approach Brian Fay No preview available - 1996 |