An Account Of A Voyage Round The World With A Full Account Of The Voyage Of The Endeavour In The Year Mdcclxx Along The East Coast Of Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: facsimile edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: map/chart at rear has a small tear, otherwise all other maps/charts remain intact. Slipcase: worn and faded.
Few voyages have reshaped the map of the known world as dramatically as that of HMS Endeavour, and An Account of a Voyage Round the World with a Full Account of the Voyage of the Endeavour in the Year MDCCLXX along the East Coast of Australia stands as the firsthand testimony of that extraordinary journey. Written by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, this landmark work chronicles the celebrated 1770 expedition that charted the eastern coastline of Australia, opening an entirely new continent to European understanding and forever altering the course of Pacific history. Edited by D. Warrington Evans and illustrated with a variety of cuts and charts faithful to those discovered during the voyage, the text presents Cook's meticulous observations with the precision and authority of a seasoned naval officer and natural scientist. Cook's prose carries the measured confidence of a man supremely at home amid uncertainty, recording encounters with unfamiliar lands, peoples, and fauna with a dispassionate clarity that belies the sheer audacity of the undertaking. This volume occupies an irreplaceable position in the canon of Australian and Pacific history, serving simultaneously as a primary source document, a geographical record, and an adventure narrative of the highest order. Published by W.R. Smith & Paterson and distributed through J. Leutenegger and Philis Books, it remains an essential acquisition for any serious student of exploration, maritime history, or the founding chapters of modern Australia — a testament to one man's unrelenting curiosity about what lay just beyond the horizon.
Author: Lieutenant James Cook
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, W.R. Smith & Paterson Pty. Ltd.
Genre: Australian history
Edition: facsimile edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: map/chart at rear has a small tear, otherwise all other maps/charts remain intact. Slipcase: worn and faded.
Few voyages have reshaped the map of the known world as dramatically as that of HMS Endeavour, and An Account of a Voyage Round the World with a Full Account of the Voyage of the Endeavour in the Year MDCCLXX along the East Coast of Australia stands as the firsthand testimony of that extraordinary journey. Written by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, this landmark work chronicles the celebrated 1770 expedition that charted the eastern coastline of Australia, opening an entirely new continent to European understanding and forever altering the course of Pacific history. Edited by D. Warrington Evans and illustrated with a variety of cuts and charts faithful to those discovered during the voyage, the text presents Cook's meticulous observations with the precision and authority of a seasoned naval officer and natural scientist. Cook's prose carries the measured confidence of a man supremely at home amid uncertainty, recording encounters with unfamiliar lands, peoples, and fauna with a dispassionate clarity that belies the sheer audacity of the undertaking. This volume occupies an irreplaceable position in the canon of Australian and Pacific history, serving simultaneously as a primary source document, a geographical record, and an adventure narrative of the highest order. Published by W.R. Smith & Paterson and distributed through J. Leutenegger and Philis Books, it remains an essential acquisition for any serious student of exploration, maritime history, or the founding chapters of modern Australia — a testament to one man's unrelenting curiosity about what lay just beyond the horizon.