Pacific Exploration: Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle by Nigel Rigby, Glyn Williams, Pieter Van Der Merwe

Pacific Exploration: Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle

Nigel Rigby, Glyn Williams, Pieter Van Der Merwe

256 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced

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Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. Despite his ordinary roots, he rose through the ranks to become a remarkable officer. On May 27, 1768, Cook, then just a Royal Naval lieutenant, took command o...

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