Captain Cook's merchant ships : free love, three brothers, mary, friendship, endeavour, adventure, resolution and discovery / / Stephen Baines

• Autore: Baines Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Stroud, Gloucestershire : , : The History Press, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Disciplina: 910.9164/8
• Soggetto topico: Sailing ships - History - 18th century; Sailing ships
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Quote; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; 1 Present Succession; 2 Liberty and Property; 3 Brotherly Love; 4 The Prospect of Whitby; 5 Good Agreement and Truelove; 6 Peace and Plenty; 7 Fair Trader; 8 Mars; 9 Enterprise; 10 Freelove; 11 Three Brothers; 12 Flora; 13 Mary; 14 Friendship; 15 Earl of Pembroke; 16 Marquis of Rockingham and Marquis of Granby; 17 Endeavour; 18 Diligence; 19 Freedom and Adventure; 20 Lord Sandwich and Leviathan; 21 Liberty; Appendix The Measure of Things; Bibliography; Illustrations; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: While the story of Endeavour is widely written about, Captain Cook sailed in or with eight ships which began their lives as merchant ships. This detailed illustrated history tells the story of these ships and the people who have sailed in them. In placing these ships and people in the personal, political, social, financial, scientific and religious contexts of their times, this book provides a readable and comprehensible account of the long Eighteenth Century. Often using contemporary sources, this gripping account fills a gap in Cook history and attempts to catch something of that exciting, v
• Titolo autorizzato: Captain Cook's merchant ships
• ISBN: 0-7509-6549-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150544703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II