{"product_id":"2026770000518-secondhand-captain-cook","title":"Captain Cook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping work of narrative history, Alistair MacLean's account chronicles the extraordinary life and voyages of James Cook, the eighteenth-century British explorer who mapped vast stretches of the Pacific and fundamentally reshaped the Western world's understanding of global geography. Written with the same propulsive, authoritative prose that defined MacLean's celebrated fiction, the biography traces Cook's remarkable rise from humble origins in rural Yorkshire to his command of three landmark expeditions that brought him to the coasts of New Zealand, Australia, Antarctica, and Hawaii. MacLean presents Cook not merely as a cartographer or naval officer, but as a man of singular determination, scientific curiosity, and cool-headed leadership in the face of treacherous seas and unknown lands. The narrative captures both the grandeur of the Age of Exploration and the very human tensions aboard Cook's ships, culminating in the fateful final voyage that ended in his death on a Hawaiian shore in 1779. Accessible and vivid, this portrait stands as a compelling tribute to one of history's greatest navigators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887926554843,"sku":"2026770000518-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0a71e77f-faa6-4e31-bf60-8dfa964b9bab.png?v=1781749628","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000518-secondhand-captain-cook","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}