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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 ...
Argues that the British Admiralty covered up details of explorer James Cook's death on a Hawaiian beach and facets of his personality in order to create a portrait of a hero.
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2. Sir James Watt, 'Medical Aspects and Consequences of Cook's Voyages', in Captain James Cook and his Times, eds. R. Fisher and H. Johnston (1979), 129–57. 3. It is an interesting question whether Cook's constant omission.
Captain Cook's World : Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R.N. Sydney : Random House , 2000 . ... Longitude : The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time .
Burney thought he had " an understanding far superior to the common race of us cultivated gentry . He could not else have borne so well the way of Life into which he is thrown , without some practice . " A gentleman of her acquaintance ...
Essays reassess Cook's standing as a leading figure in eighteenth-century history, exploration and the advancement of science.
Captain Cook in Hawaii
This story is a fictional reconstruction of the momentous visit to the island of Hawaii in 1779 by Captain James Cook and his company aboard H.M.S. Resolution and Discovery.
In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, How "Natives" Think, which was a direct response to this work.