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Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook Paperback - 2004

by Nicholas Thomas

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The history of the life and voyages of the British Navy explorer and cartographer, James Cook

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Commonly regarded as the greatest sea explorer of all time, James Cook made his three world-changing voyages during the 1770s, at a time when ships were routinely lost around the English coast. He made history by making geography-- sailing through previously unknown southern seas, charting the eastern Australian coast and circumnavigating New Zealand, putting many Pacific islands on the map, and exploring both the Arctic and Antarctic. His men suffered near shipwreck, were ravaged by tropical diseases, and survived frozen oceans; his lieutenants-- including George Vancouver and William Bligh-- became celebrated captains in their own right. Exploits among native peoples combined to make Cook a celebrity and a legend.

Cook is not, however, viewed by all as a heroic figure. Some Hawaiians demonize him as a syphilitic rascist who had a catastrophic effect on local health. Indigenous Australians often see him as the violent dispossessor of their lands. Nicholas Thomas explores Cook's contradictory character as never before, by reconstructing the many sides of encounters that were curious and unusual for Europeans and natives alike. The result of twenty years' research, Thomas's magnificently rich portrait overturns the familiar images of Cook and reveals the fascinating and far more ambiguous figure beneath.

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Despite the cold, a good many people stand about idly in Tower Hill, a broad and open space in the middle of a congested city, a place at once grand and squalid, depending on whether you glance towards the fine buildings along its western side, or the dunghill beside the ditch.

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  • Title Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
  • Author Nicholas Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 506
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Walker Books, New York
  • Publication date September 1, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780802777119 / 0802777112
  • Weight 1.56 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.34 x 1.33 in (23.42 x 16.10 x 3.38 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Nicholas Thomas is a professor of anthropology at the University of London. A native of Sydney, Australia, he has traveled extensively in the course of his Pacific research and has curated several exhibitions on the history, art, and culture of Oceania.

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