Into the Blue: Boldly Going where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Into the Blue: Boldly Going where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
ISBN-10
174114163X
ISBN-13
9781741141634
Series
Into the Blue
Category
Discoveries in geography
Pages
480
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Author
Tony Horwitz

Description

By turns harrowing and hilarious, insightful and entertaining, Into the Blueretraces the great voyages of Captain James Cook, the British farmboy who drew the map of the modern world.

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