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Title: The Journals (Penguin Classics) by J. C. Beaglehole, Philip Edwards, James Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discover Cook, Hakluyt Society ISBN: 0-14-043647-2 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: READ THIS ALONGSIDE RICHARD HOUGH'S BIOGRAPHY
Comment: This is a spectacularly interesting journal. Cook was an odd sort, that's for sure. But a genius? I'd certainly say so after reading his often-daily account of his activities. Really neat book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A detailed account of Cook's voyages
Comment: This well prepared abridged edition of Captain James Cook's journals is a specialized book of interest to people studying the exploration of the Pacific and/or the British Navy of that time period. Other people might find sections of it dry reading. The book is recommended for oceanography students as the 17th century voyages of exploration formed the basis for later oceanographic cruises.
Cook's voyages carried scientific personnel of that time period, many of whom died from the harsh conditions along with members of the crews. In addition to bad weather, there were diseases and hostile natives (including cannibals). Extensive charting was carried out and, on the second voyage, the Board of Longitude supplied Cook with Larcum Kendall's copy of John Harrison's H4 watch for determining longitude. Observations were made of prevailing winds, currents, temperature, and other things of scientific interest.
Natives throughout the Pacific would go to great lengths to obtain iron, expecially axes, even prostituting their wives and daughters (willing or not). Natives would attempt to steal items, if they could, leading to numerous confrontations including one in which a boat crew of the Adventure (the consort ship of the second voyage) were killed and eaten by the Maori natives of New Zealand.
Cook's journal ended several weeks before his death. The editor fills in details from journals of other people who were on the voyage, and speculates on the reason he was killed by the natives in Hawaii.
The book includes maps of Cook's routes on his voyages. It also has an index listing the names of the various individuals mentioned, with an indication of their positions on the voyages or their other positions if they were not active participants.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic re-launched
Comment: This re-issue of the Beaglehole edition of the Cook journals attests to the enduring importance of Cook as the exemplar navigator and Beaglehole as his nautical Boswell.
The writing is elegant and subtle and the fascination of the recital enduring.
Best there is no other!
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Title: Captain James Cook by Richard Hough ISBN: 0393315193 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific by Capt. James Cook, Grenfell Price ISBN: 0486227669 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Life of Captain James Cook by John C. Beaglehole ISBN: 0804720096 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Blue Latitudes : Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz ISBN: 0312422601 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Bounty Mutiny (Penguin Classics) by William Bligh, Edward Christian, R. D. Madison ISBN: 0140439161 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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