Captain James Cook

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Hodder & Stoughton, 1994 - Explorers - 398 pages
This biography of the navigator and explorer, Captain James Cook, covers his life leading to the three voyages which made the Pacific Ocean geographically coherent. Cook charted the North and South Islands of New Zealand and was the first to chart the entire coast of Australia. The book looks at all the territories which Cook discovered. Other books by Richard Hough include The Murder of Captain Cook, Battle of Britain: The Jubilee History, Bless Our Ship, Other Days Around Me and Edward and Alexandra.

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About the author (1994)

Richard Hough with his high reputation as a biographer and naval historian, is the author of many books. He wrote THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN COOK in 1979 to mark the bicentenary of the explorer's death in that year.

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