The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779

Name: The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779
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ISBN-10: 0486227669
ISBN-13: 9780486227665
Category: History
Pages: 292
Language: English
Published: 1971
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Authors: James Cook, Archibald Grenfell Price

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Selections from Cook's journals of the first voyage (1768-1771) to Tahiti, New Zealand and Eastern Australia; second voyage (1772-1775) to the Antarctic and the Pacific; third voyage (1776-1780) to Hawaii, the north American coast; eye-witness accounts of Cook's death in Hawaii.

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