Captain Cook

master of the seas

Captain Cook

master of the seas
Frank McLynn
Book - 2012

Profiles the famous navigator, addresses the common colonialist misconceptions about the explorer and his death, and re-creates the voyages that took him from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLynn, Frank
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012.
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