David L. Nicandri

Captain Cook Rediscovered

Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes

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Produktbeschreibung

This first modern study to focus on James Cookâ s polar adventures, Captain Cook Rediscovered introduces an entirely new explorer who is more at home along the edge of the polar ice packs than the Pacificâ s sandy beaches.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780774862226
• ISBN-10: 077486222X
• Artikelnr.: 59377628

Autorenporträt

David L. Nicandri is the former executive director of the Washington State Historical Society, where he served from 1987 until his retirement in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Prequels
1 The North Sea and Canada
2 The Republic of Letters
3 The South Pacific
Part 2: A Frozen World
4 Toward the South Pole
5 The Limit of Ambition
6 Temporizing in the Tropics
7 Cook and Forster, on Ice
Part 3: A Third Voyage
8 An Ancient Quest: A New Mission
9 Southern Staging Grounds
10 Terra Borealis
11 Blink
12 Northern Interlude
13 Intimations of Mortality
Part 4: Sequels
14 Springtime in Kamchatka
15 Diminishing Returns
16 Seeding the Fur Trade on the Voyage Home
Conclusion
Notes; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Index