Captain Cook's Three Voyages Round The World: With A Sketch Of His Life - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1163466255 ISBN 13 : 9781163466254

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Captain Cook's Three Voyages Round The World: With A Sketch Of His Life is a book that details the adventurous and groundbreaking voyages of the famous explorer, Captain James Cook. The book covers the three voyages that Cook undertook between 1768 and 1779, during which he traversed the Pacific Ocean and explored previously unknown territories, including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.The book provides a vivid account of Cook's encounters with the indigenous peoples of these regions, as well as his observations of the flora and fauna of the lands he visited. It also includes descriptions of the challenges and dangers that Cook and his crew faced during their voyages, including storms, shipwrecks, and hostile encounters with local populations.In addition to the accounts of Cook's voyages, the book also includes a sketch of his life, providing readers with insight into the man behind the legend. It details his early life and career as a seaman, his rise to prominence as an explorer, and his tragic death at the hands of Hawaiian natives in 1779.Overall, Captain Cook's Three Voyages Round The World: With A Sketch Of His Life is a fascinating and informative read for anyone interested in the history of exploration and the life of one of the most famous explorers in history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library at www.hathitrust.org.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1163466255
• ISBN 13: 9781163466254
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 516
• Éditeur: Low Charles Rathbone
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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