This work includes an introduction by Robert Welsch. On each of his three voyages, Cook kept a log and his reputation rose steadily with each voyage largely because Europeans were fascinated with the romance of discovery as well as reports of sexual licence in Tahiti and other Polynesian islands.
- ISBN13 9780897333160
- Publish Date 30 August 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Academy Chicago Publishers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 528
- Language English