The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World: Volume 6 (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) - Softcover

Cook, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110808480X ISBN 13: 9781108084802

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728–79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.

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During Charles Darwin's 1831–6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified). This illustrated 1821 edition, in seven volumes, is representative of the versions available in the early nineteenth century. Volumes 5–7 cover the third Pacific voyage of James Cook (1728–79), which began in July 1776 and ended in his death in Hawaii. Its objective was to search for the Pacific end of the North-West Passage. Volume 6 contains Cook's journal of the voyage from July 1777 to January 1779. From Tahiti, he sailed via Hawaii to Nootka Sound, and reached the Bering Strait in June 1778. The expedition then explored the Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan coast, reaching 70 degrees north, but by late August fog and snow meant the mission had to be abandoned for that year. The ships sailed south to Kamchatka and then back to Hawaii.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 110808480X
• ISBN 13: 9781108084802
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 530