Voyages of discovery /
Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's reputation rose steadily with each voyage largely because Europeans were fascinated with the r...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Chicago Review Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's reputation rose steadily with each voyage largely because Europeans were fascinated with the romance of discovery as well as reports of sexual licence in Tahiti and other Polynesian islands. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (528 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780897338820 0897338820 |