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Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica (Paperback)
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Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 340
You Save R64 (11%)
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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.
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