Captain James Cook (Paperback)

Richard Hough

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There have been other great accounts of the great man - notably the classic Beaglehole biography - but this for my money is the most exhilaratingly readable. I defy anybody, of any age, to resist the story of the boy from Whitby who changed the history of exploration, science and seamanship in his cramped little ship Endeavour and whose voyages added to our knowledge of geography, plants and animals. And Hough, a leading naval historian, tells the story very, very well. (Kirkus UK)

In Cook's relatively short and adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific and the Arctic and Antarctic bringing about a new comprehension of the world's geography and its people's. He was the linking figure between the grey specualtion of the early eighteenth century and the industrial age of the first half of the nineteenth century. Richard Hough's biograpahy is full of new insights and interpretations of one of the world's greatest mariners.

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Imprint:	Coronet Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2003
Authors:	Richard Hough
Dimensions:	196 x 131 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format / B-format
Pages:	492
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-82556-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-340-82556-1
Barcode:	9780340825563