Captain James Cook & His Times
by Fisher;Johnston, Hugh J. M
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0295956542
- ISBN 13
- 9780295956541
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1979. 278pp/illus. end-paper maps. the two editors of this book have selected 11 papers that re-evaluate Cooks career and his achievements in seamanship and maritime discovery. The 11 essays are entitled as follows: (1) New Geographical Perspectives and the Emergence of the Romantic Imagination. (2) A Presiding Genius of Exploration: Banks, Cook, and Empire, 1767-1805. (3) Alexander Dalrymple and Captain Cook: The Creative Interplay of Two Careers. (4) Myth and Reality: James Cook and the Theoretical Geography of Northwest America. (5) Cook and the Nootka. (6) The Spanish Reaction to Cooks Third Voyage. (7) Cooks Reputation in Russia. (8) Medical Aspects and Consequences of Cooks Voyages. (9) Cooks Posthumous Reputation. (10) The Artistic Bequest of Captain Cooks Voyages. (11) Two Centuries Perceptions of James Cook: George Forster to Beaglehole. To these narratives by Canadian, British, Australian, New Zealand and German experts are added thirty-one illustrations, a dozen maps and four tables. Clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Captain James Cook & His Times
- Author
- Fisher;Johnston, Hugh J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0295956542
- ISBN 13
- 9780295956541
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- COOK JAMES 1728 1779 BIOGRAPHY
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