Captain Cook's Voyages: 1768-1779
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 6th repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of exploration command the seas of the imagination quite like Captain James Cook, and Captain Cook's Voyages: 1768-1779 brings his extraordinary journeys back to vivid life through a masterfully curated selection of primary accounts. Spanning three landmark expeditions across the Pacific, Antarctic, and Arctic waters, this volume chronicles Cook's encounters with uncharted coastlines, indigenous peoples, and the breathtaking natural world that lay beyond the edges of European maps — all rendered in the frank, precise prose of the age of Enlightenment. Selected and introduced by the distinguished historian Glyndwr Williams, the collection presents Cook's own journals and those of his shipmates with scholarly rigour and genuine narrative flair, situating each voyage within the broader political and scientific ambitions of 18th-century Britain. Williams illuminates the tensions between imperial purpose and genuine curiosity that drove Cook's missions, offering a portrait of a man as complex as the oceans he crossed. Published by The Folio Society in their characteristically elegant style, this edition is an indispensable companion for anyone drawn to the golden age of discovery — and to the enduring mystery of what lay waiting at the world's far horizon.
Author: Glyndwr Williams
Format: Hardback
Published: 2003, The Folio Society
Genre: Travel & exploration
Edition: 6th repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of exploration command the seas of the imagination quite like Captain James Cook, and Captain Cook's Voyages: 1768-1779 brings his extraordinary journeys back to vivid life through a masterfully curated selection of primary accounts. Spanning three landmark expeditions across the Pacific, Antarctic, and Arctic waters, this volume chronicles Cook's encounters with uncharted coastlines, indigenous peoples, and the breathtaking natural world that lay beyond the edges of European maps — all rendered in the frank, precise prose of the age of Enlightenment. Selected and introduced by the distinguished historian Glyndwr Williams, the collection presents Cook's own journals and those of his shipmates with scholarly rigour and genuine narrative flair, situating each voyage within the broader political and scientific ambitions of 18th-century Britain. Williams illuminates the tensions between imperial purpose and genuine curiosity that drove Cook's missions, offering a portrait of a man as complex as the oceans he crossed. Published by The Folio Society in their characteristically elegant style, this edition is an indispensable companion for anyone drawn to the golden age of discovery — and to the enduring mystery of what lay waiting at the world's far horizon.