Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
by Lynne Withey
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Voyages of Discovery is the story of the last great age of European sea exploration, when state-supported expeditions driven by both scientific and political motives set out to map the remaining unknown parts of the globe. Focusing on the voyages of the preeminent explorer, Captain James Cook, who commanded three round-the-world expeditions between 1768 and 1780, Lynne Withey illuminates the Pacific islanders' views of their "discoverers" as well.Tags
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Lynne Withey has taught history at the University of Iowa, Boston University, and the University of California at Berkeley, and is now the associate director of the University of California Press. She lives in San Francisco.
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Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Captain James Cook, RN, FRS
- Important places
- Pacific Ocean
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Travel, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 919.04 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds
- LCC
- DU20 .W55 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Oceania (South Seas) History of Oceania (South Seas)
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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