Captain Vancouver: North-West Navigator - Couverture souple

Coleman, E. C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752438921 ISBN 13 : 9780752438924

Editeur : Tempus, 2006

Synopsis

When Captain Cook set out to seek a western entrance to the fabled North West Passage, his instructions allowed him no more than the briefest contact with the coast of north-west America. The burden of that survey was to fall on George Vancouver, one of his midshipmen. Vancouver was sent, with two ships, to explore the coast and to claim land for Britain.

His remarkably accurate survey of the coast was to set a standard that lasted over a century. There was much more to his journey than the tracing of the coast. Extraordinarily young crews, inexperienced officers and a doctor set on Vancouver's downfall, all combined to test Vancouver's leadership to the limit.

For five years, he kept his men together and returned with few casualties, itself a rare occurrence. He also returned with new lands discovered and the sovereignty of Hawaii in his pocket. He returned to a land at war and was soon forgotten in all but his native Kings Lynn. But his name has been immortalised on shores far from home.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

E.C. Coleman was born in 1943 and entered the Royal navy as a Junior 2nd Class. Thirty-six years later, having seen the world from the decks of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, he retired. During the 1990s he mounted three arctic expeditions in search of evidence of the fate of Franklin and his 1848 expedition to find the North West Passage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tempus
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752438921
• ISBN 13: 9780752438924
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible