Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation. With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
- ISBN10 1840221003
- ISBN13 9781840221008
- Publish Date 27 October 1998
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 28 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 496
- Language English