Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific - Hardcover

Blainey, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566638259 ISBN 13: 9781566638258

Verlag: Ivan R. Dee, 2009

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Book by Blainey Geoffrey

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Críticas:

"Prolific Australian historian Blainey revisits the epic journey of Capt. James Cook's Endeavor and a parallel voyage by a French ship . . . Blainey excavates the journals of Cook, the Endeavor's aristocratic botanist Joseph Banks, de Surville and others, fashioning an exciting, detail-heavy re-creation of the parallel voyages..." -- Geoffrey Blainey "Kirkus Reviews"

Reseña del editor:

In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. That Christmas, in New Zealand waters, the two captains were almost within sight of each other, though neither knew of the other's existence. This is the stirring tale of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Geoffrey Blainey brings his marvelous storytelling powers to bear on this fascinating and important adventure, drawing us brilliantly into the lives of the major figures.

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• Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1566638259
• ISBN 13: 9781566638258
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352