The
Apotheosis of Captain Cook
by Gananath Obeyesekere
Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of
imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer
is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain
James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the
self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry,
becomes a "savage" himself. Amazon.com
Paperback - 344 pages Reprint edition (November 24, 1997)
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691057524
The
Art of Captain Cook's Voyages : The Voyage of the Resolution and the Discovery
1776-1780 (Studies in British Art)
by Rudiger Joppien, Bernard Smith (Photographer)
(Hardcover - February 1988)
Captain
James Cook
by Richard Hough
Paperback - 398 pages Reprint edition (March 1997)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393315193 |
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Captain
Cook : The Great Ocean Explorer (What's Their Story)
by Haydn Middleton, Alan Marks (Illustrator)
(Library Binding - October 1998)
Captain
Cook R N the Resolute Mariner
by Thomas Vaughan
(Hardcover - June 1974)
Special Order
Explorations
of Captain James Cook in the Pacific As Told by Selections of His Own Journals,
1768-1779
by James Cook, et al
Paperback: 292 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x
9.35 x 6.61
Publisher: Dover Pubns; ; (June 1971)
ISBN: 0486227669
The
Journals of Captain Cook (Penguin Classics) [ABRIDGED]
by J. C. Beaglehole, et al
Book Description A new one-volume abridged edition of Cook's
famous journals--"a majestic story of epic proportions"(Philip Edwards
in the Introduction) Captain Cook's Journals provide his vivid first-hand
account of three extraordinary expeditions between 1768 and 1779. These
charted the entire coast of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia
and brought back detailed descriptions of Tahiti, Tonga, and a host of
previously unknown islands in the Pacific including the Hawaiian Islands.
The journals amply reveal the determination, courage, and skill that enabled
Cook to wrestle with the continuous dangers of uncharted seas and the problems
of achieving a relationship with the peoples whose unannounced guest he
became. This edition, abridged from the definitive four-volume Hakluyt
Society edition, makes Cook's inimitable personal account of his years
of voyaging widely accessible for the first time and includes an Introduction
to each voyage, a Glossary of unusual words, indexes of people and places,
and a Postscript assessing the controversy surrounding Cook's death.
Selected and Edited with Introductions by Philip Edwards
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The
Life of Captain James Cook
by John C. Beaglehole
Paperback Reprint edition (April 1992)
Stanford Univ Pr (T); ISBN: 0804720096
Joseph
Banks : A Life
by Patrick O'Brian
Paperback - 328 pages Reprint edition (October 1997)
University of Chicago Press (Trd); ISBN: 0226616282
Pacific
Images : Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyage
by James Cook, et al
(Hardcover - November 1999)
The
Voyage of the Endeavour : Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific
by Alan Frost
(Paperback - July 1998)
The
Life of Captain James Cook
by John C. Beaglehole
(Paperback - April 1992)
Captain
James Cook
by Aldyth Morris
(Paperback - August 1995)
How
'Natives' Think : About Captain Cook, for Examples
by Marshall Sahlins
(Paperback - September 1996)
Master
Mariner : Captain James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
by Lorraine Miller, Daniel Conner
(Paperback - July 1999)
Voyages
of Discovery/Captain Cook
by James Cook, et al
(Paperback - February 1993)
Galileo's
Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
by Dava Sobel
(Paperback - October 2000)
Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest
Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
Paperback - 184 pages Reprint edition (October 1996)
Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140258795
The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how
to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over
the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position.
This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison,
who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet
claimed only half the promised rich reward. Amazon.com
There is also a British film on the subject featuring Jeremy Irons
and a stellar cast; a brilliant period piece which brings high drama to
what would outwardly appear a dry subject. It interleaves the story of
the man who discovered and restored the Harrison chronometers shortly after
the Great War with that of Harrison himself. Dropbears.com
Listed under Marine Navigation
Captain Cook's World : Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook
R.N.
by John Robson
Book Description: James Cook, sailor, surveyor, cartographer,
and explorer, was born in 1728 in Yorkshire. In the course of his illustrious
career, he sailed into every ocean and was one of the first, if not the
first, British explorers to set foot on most of the world's major continents.
He was also the first to cross both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
Captain Cook's World is an atlas, chronology, and biography of the life
and voyages of this celebrated explorer. A set of 128 specially drawn maps
and accompanying text give a detailed overview of his life, including his
early years in England, his time in the North Sea coal trade and with the
Royal Navy in Canada, and his three great voyages around the world in HMB
Endeavour and HMS Resolution. Included on the maps are locations visited,
named, or surveyed by Cook; the routes of his voyages; and sites that have
been marked in his honor, such as monuments.
Based on meticulous scholarship but aimed at a general audience, Captain
Cook's World is a fascinating and accessible record of Cook's life and
travels.
Hardcover: 208 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x
8.55 x 12.05
University of Washington Press; ISBN: 0295980192; (August
2000)
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Farther Than Any Man : The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook
by Martin Dugard
Hardcover - 320 pages (June 2001)
Pocket Books; ISBN: 0743400682
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