The Voyages of Captain Cook
by Rex Rienits
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Illustrated life of Cook through his travels; first voyage, 1768-1771, brief references to encounters with natives at Botany Bay, appearance, body decoration, weapons; Endeavour R. natives met, Cooks opinion quoted; third voyage, 1776-1780, Van Diemens Land natives (Adventure Bay), clothing and appearance, diet; plates include sketches made at Botany Bay (canoes, weapons, body markings), painted shield from Endeavour R., portraits of Adventure Bay natives.Tags
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The Voyages of Captain Cook by Rex and Thea Rienits is a good outline, and a good beginning for further study of the three extraordinary voyages taken by Cook. The book makes no pretense of being an in-depth examination of the life or significance of Cook, but it does an adequate job of providing chronological facts in clear language. The photographs of Pacific Island artifacts and of shipboard navigational instruments are interesting and add some depth. My one criticism is that there should have been more maps with more detail of place names provided.
Very short but well written; lots of good decorative art plates.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 910.924 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Explorers & Travelers Geographers, travellers, explorers regardless of country of origin
- LCC
- G246 .C7 .R5 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) History of discoveries, explorations, and travel
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- Languages
- English, French
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