Discoveries : the voyages of Captain Cook /
Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-
Discoveries : the voyages of Captain Cook / Nicholas Thomas. - xxxvii, 467 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: History's man -- England's Atlantic -- Cook's maps -- Bank's books -- To the South Sea -- Punished Henry Stephens Seaman -- As miserable a set of People as are this day upon Earth -- As favourable to our purpose as we could wish -- In order to seize upon the people -- He was laughed at by the Indians -- An alarming and I may say terrible Circumstance -- The Calamitous Situation we are at present in -- My intentions certainly were not criminal -- Towards the South Pole -- The Inhospitable parts I am going to Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pt. 3. 11. Mingling my tears with hers -- We are the innocent cause of this war -- The varieties of the human species -- The Southern Hemisphere sufficiently explored -- Now I am going to be confined -- To the North Pacific -- I allow because I cannot prevent it -- An act that I cannot account for -- They may fear, but never love us -- Squalls and rain and so dark -- A dream that we could not reconcile ourselves to -- Epilogue: Cook's afterlives. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Pt. 4. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
0141002794 9780141002798
2005360141
Cook, James, 1728-1779 --Travel.
Discoveries in geography
Voyages around the world
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs--Oceania--18th century.
Oceania--Description and travel
G420.C65 / T562 2004
910.92
Discoveries : the voyages of Captain Cook / Nicholas Thomas. - xxxvii, 467 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: History's man -- England's Atlantic -- Cook's maps -- Bank's books -- To the South Sea -- Punished Henry Stephens Seaman -- As miserable a set of People as are this day upon Earth -- As favourable to our purpose as we could wish -- In order to seize upon the people -- He was laughed at by the Indians -- An alarming and I may say terrible Circumstance -- The Calamitous Situation we are at present in -- My intentions certainly were not criminal -- Towards the South Pole -- The Inhospitable parts I am going to Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pt. 3. 11. Mingling my tears with hers -- We are the innocent cause of this war -- The varieties of the human species -- The Southern Hemisphere sufficiently explored -- Now I am going to be confined -- To the North Pacific -- I allow because I cannot prevent it -- An act that I cannot account for -- They may fear, but never love us -- Squalls and rain and so dark -- A dream that we could not reconcile ourselves to -- Epilogue: Cook's afterlives. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Pt. 4. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
0141002794 9780141002798
2005360141
Cook, James, 1728-1779 --Travel.
Discoveries in geography
Voyages around the world
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs--Oceania--18th century.
Oceania--Description and travel
G420.C65 / T562 2004
910.92