LEADER 03757nam 2200625 450 001 9910779244703321 005 20221227113602.0 010 $a0-300-17220-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300172201 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105026 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25066675 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720155 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448805 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720155 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10661633 035 $a(PQKB)11783104 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420978 035 $a(DE-B1597)486234 035 $a(OCoLC)808346524 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300172201 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420978 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579377 035 $a(OCoLC)923600605 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7022581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7022581 035 $a(PPN)223343625 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105026 100 $a20221227d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCaptain Cook $emaster of the seas /$fFrank McLynn 210 1$aNew Haven ;$aLondon :$cYale University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $axv, 490 p., [5] leaves of plates $cmaps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11421-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [422]-472) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tCharting Cook -- $tCHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- $tCHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War -- $tCHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland -- $tCHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific -- $tCHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti -- $tCHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera -- $tCHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia -- $tCHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound -- $tCHAPTER 9. Antarctica -- $tCHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris -- $tCHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific -- $tCHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage -- $tCHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase -- $tCHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage -- $tCHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare -- $tCHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aExplorers$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aVoyages around the world$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aVoyages around the world$xHistory 676 $a910.92 700 $aMcLynn$b Frank$0678404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779244703321 996 $aCaptain Cook$93828175 997 $aUNINA