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The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton.

Title
The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton.
Author
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Publication
New York, Heritage Press [1958]

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Additional Authors
  • Price, A. Grenfell (Archibald Grenfell), Sir, 1892-
  • Price, A. Grenfell (Archibald Grenfell), 1892-1977
Description
xvii, 292 p. illus., ports., map (on lining papers); 28 cm.
Summary
The diaries of James Cook, the Scotch-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the then practically unchartered Pacific.
Subject
  • Cook, James, 1728-1779
  • Cook, James, 1728-1779 > Diaries
  • Voyages around the world
  • Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800
  • Voyages autour du monde
  • Oceania > Discovery and exploration
  • Oceania > Discovery and exploration > Early works to 1800
  • Océanie > Découverte et exploration
Genre/Form
  • Diaries
  • Early works
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introductory -- ch. 1. Ocean problems of the 18th century -- ch. 2. Cooks' early life and career -- The first voyage, 1768-1771 -- ch. 3. Preparations and instructions -- ch. 4. Tahiti, 1769 -- ch. 5. New Zealand, 1769-70 -- ch. 6. Eastern Australia, 1770 -- ch. 7. The voyage concluded -- The second voyage, 1772-1775 -- ch. 8. Seeking the southern continent -- ch. 9. The Antarctic, 1772-3 -- ch. 10. Searching the Pacific, 1773 -- ch. 11. The Antarctic, 1773-4 -- ch. 12. Searching the Pacific, 1774 -- ch. 13. The Antarctic and home, 1774-5 -- ch. 14. Cook honoured in England -- The third voyage, 1776-1780 -- ch. 15. Preparations and instructions -- ch. 16. The central Pacific -- ch. 17. The discovery of Hawaii, 1778 -- ch. 18. The north American coast -- ch. 19. The death of James Cook -- Conclusion -- ch. 20. The man and his achievements.
LCCN
^^^58014805^
OCLC
  • 911318
  • SCSB-12802115
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library