Captain James Cook And The Search For Antarctica
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Captain James Cook And The Search For Antarctica
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Author : James C Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-05-30
Captain James Cook And The Search For Antarctica written by James C Hamilton and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-30 with History categories.
Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica – the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts of his three voyages in the southern Pacific and Southern Oceans, Cook ‘narrowed the options’ for the location of Antarctica. Over three summers, he completed a circumnavigation of portions of the Southern Continent, encountering impenetrable barriers of ice, and he suggested the continent existed, a frozen land not populated by a living soul. Yet his Antarctic voyages are perhaps the least studied of all his remarkable travels. That is why James Hamilton’s gripping and scholarly study, which brings together the stories of Cook’s Antarctic journeys into a single volume, is such an original and timely addition to the literature on Cook and eighteenth-century exploration. Using Cook's journals and the log books of officers who sailed with him, the book sets his Antarctic explorations within the context of his historic voyages. The main focus is on the Second Voyage (1772-1775), but brief episodes in the First Voyage (during 1769) and the Third Voyage (1776) are part of the story. Throughout the narrative Cook’s exceptional seamanship and navigational skills, and that of his crew, are displayed during often-difficult passages in foul weather across uncharted and inhospitable seas. Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica offers the reader a fascinating insight into Cook the seaman and explorer, and it will be essential reading for anyone who has a particular interest the history of the Southern Continent.
Captain James Cook
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Author : Richard Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-10-21
Captain James Cook written by Richard Bowen and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-21 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Captain James Cook is one of the most famous explorers of all time. His discoveries include parts of Australia, islands in the Pacific, and parts of the Hawaiian Islands. Cook sailed to distant places from Antarctica to New Zealand, making maps and collecting information as he travelled. Today, we remember Captain Cook for his major discoveries and his leadership of his crew. Learn the story of one of the most important explorers in history in Captain James Cook: British Explorer.
Captain Cook
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Author : Stephen Feinstein
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2010
Captain Cook written by Stephen Feinstein and has been published by Enslow Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Examines the life of Captain James Cook, a British explorer and scientist, including his early life, his many Pacific voyages, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
The Journals Of Captain James Cook On His Voyages Of Discovery
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Author : J. C. Beaglehole
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-08-28
The Journals Of Captain James Cook On His Voyages Of Discovery written by J. C. Beaglehole and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-28 with Oceania categories.
This third volume of the Journals of Captain James Cook deals with the voyages of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776 - 1780.
Captain Cook
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Author : Jim Ollhoff
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2014-09-01
Captain Cook written by Jim Ollhoff and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This title introduces readers to Captain Cook, the great explorer who mapped thousands of miles of uncharted territory. Cook?s life story is examined from his childhood to his marriage and his service in the Royal Navy. Early influences are covered including Cook?s development as an astronomer. Cook?s journeys on the Endeavor and Resolution are covered, including the search for the Terra Australis Incognita and the Northwest Passage. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
A Voyage Towards The South Pole And Round The World
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Author : James Cook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-02
A Voyage Towards The South Pole And Round The World written by James Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Comprehensive account of the voyages of Captain James Cook, the famous English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Volume I of II.
Cook
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Author : Jean Kinney Williams
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2003
Cook written by Jean Kinney Williams and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of the English explorer and his travels around Tahiti and Australia, until his sudden death.
The Journals Of Captain James Cook On His Voyages Of Discovery
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Author : J. C. Beaglehole
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-28
The Journals Of Captain James Cook On His Voyages Of Discovery written by J. C. Beaglehole and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-28 with Oceania categories.
Captain James Cook's first two voyages of exploration, in 1768-71 and 1772-75, had drawn the modern map of the South Pacific Ocean and had opened the door on the discovery of Antarctica. These expeditions were the subject of Volumes I and II of Dr J.C. Beaglehole's edition of Cook's Journals. The third voyage, on which Cook sailed in 1776, was directed to the Northern Hemisphere. Its objective was the discovery of 'a Northern Passage by sea from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean' - the North-west Passage, sought since the 16th century, which would have transformed the pattern of world trade. The search was to take Cook into high latitudes where, as in the Antarctic, his skill in ice navigation was tested. Sailing north from Tahiti in 1778, Cook made the first recorded discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. On March 7 he sighted the Oregon coast in 44° N. The remarkable voyage which he made northward along the Canadian and Alaskan coasts and through Bering Strait to his farthest north in 70° nearly disproved the existence of a navigable passage towards the Atlantic and produced charts of impressive accuracy. Returning to Hawaii to refit, Cook met his death in a clash with the natives as tragic as it seems unnecessary. Dr Beaglehole discusses, with sympathy and insight, the tensions which led Cook, by then a tired man, into miscalculations alien to his own nature and habits. The volume and vitality of the records, both textual and graphic, for this voyage surpass those even for Cook's second voyage. The surgeons William Anderson and David Samwell, both admirable observers, left journals which are also here printed in full for the first time. The documentation is completed, as in the previous volumes, by appendixes of documents and correspondence and by reproductions of original drawings and paintings mainly by John Webber, the artist of the expedition. In Dr Beaglehole's words, 'no one can study attentively the records of Cook's third, and last, v
Farther Than Any Man
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Author : Martin Dugard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-09-13
Farther Than Any Man written by Martin Dugard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-13 with History categories.
James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the hallowed rank of captain of the Royal Navy, leading three historic journeys that would forever link his name with fearless exploration (and inspire pop-culture heroes like Captain Hook and Captain James T. Kirk). In Farther Than Any Man, noted modern-day adventurer Martin Dugard strips away the myth of Cook and instead portrays a complex, conflicted man of tremendous ambition (at times to a fault), intellect (though Cook was routinely underestimated) and sheer hardheadedness. When Great Britain announced a major circumnavigation in 1768 -- a mission cloaked in science, but aimed at the pursuit of world power -- it came as a political surprise that James Cook was given command. Cook's surveying skills had contributed to the British victory over France in the Seven Years' War in 1763, but no commoner had ever commanded a Royal Navy vessel. Endeavor's stunning three-year journey changed the face of modern exploration, charting the vast Pacific waters, the eastern coasts of New Zealand and Australia, and making landfall in Tahiti, Tierra del Fuego, and Rio de Janeiro. After returning home a hero, Cook yearned to get back to sea. He soon took control of the Resolution and returned to his beloved Pacific, in search of the elusive Southern Continent. It was on this trip that Cook's taste for power became an obsession, and his legendary kindness to island natives became an expectation of worship -- traits that would lead him first to greatness, then to catastrophe. Full of action, lush description, and fascinating historical characters like King George III and Master William Bligh, Dugard's gripping account of the life and gruesome demise of Capt. James Cook is a thrilling story of a discoverer hell-bent on traveling farther than any man.
Captain Cook Rediscovered
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Author : David L. Nicandri
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2020-11-01
Captain Cook Rediscovered written by David L. Nicandri and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-01 with History categories.
Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to frame Captain James Cook’s career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific achievements took place in the polar regions. David L. Nicandri acknowledges the cartographic accomplishments of the Australasian first voyage but focuses on the second- and third-voyage discovery missions in the extreme latitudes, where Cook pioneered the science of iceberg and icepack formation. A truly modern appraisal of early polar science, Captain Cook Rediscovered resonates in the climate change era.