03755nam 2200613 a 450 991045281980332120200520144314.00-300-17220-610.12987/9780300172201(CKB)2550000000105026(StDuBDS)AH25066675(SSID)ssj0000720155(PQKBManifestationID)11448805(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720155(PQKBWorkID)10661633(PQKB)11783104(MiAaPQ)EBC3420978(DE-B1597)486234(OCoLC)808346524(DE-B1597)9780300172201(PPN)223343625(Au-PeEL)EBL3420978(CaPaEBR)ebr10579377(OCoLC)923600605(EXLCZ)99255000000010502620100826d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCaptain Cook[electronic resource] master of the seas /Frank McLynnNew Haven Yale University Pressc2011xv, 490 p., [5] leaves of plates mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11421-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [422]-472) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- CHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- CHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War -- CHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland -- CHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific -- CHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti -- CHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera -- CHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia -- CHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound -- CHAPTER 9. Antarctica -- CHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris -- CHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific -- CHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage -- CHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase -- CHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage -- CHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare -- CHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexThe age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy.Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain and overlooking an important aspect of his identity: his nautical skills. In this authentic, engrossing biography, Frank McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. He shows how the Captain's life was one of struggle--with himself, with institutions, with the environment, with the desire to be remembered--and also one of great success.In Captain Cook, McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately, Cook, who began his career as a deckhand, transcended his humble beginnings and triumphed through good fortune, courage, and talent. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan.ExplorersGreat BritainBiographyVoyages around the worldHistory18th centuryOceaniaDiscovery and explorationElectronic books.ExplorersVoyages around the worldHistory910.92McLynn Frank678404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452819803321Captain Cook2456405UNINA