The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals by Capt James Cook

The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals

Capt James Cook

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This book is a fascinating and enlightening read for anyone with a sense of adventure and a curiosity about the world, as it offers a firsthand account of Captain James Cook's groundbreaking voyages of discovery in the Pacific, filled with vivid descriptions of uncharted lands, exotic cultures, and scientific breakthroughs that will transport readers to a bygone era of exploration and discovery.

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"No man ever did more to alter and correct the map of the Earth," writes Percy Adams in his new Introduction, than James Cook, the Scotland-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyage...

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