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Captain Cook's War and Peace - The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 by John Robson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768? As this new book shows, by that date he had become supremely and uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration. This was a period when who you were and who you knew counted for more than ability, but Cook, thro ...Show more
Captain Cook's World - Maps of the life and voyages of James Cook RN by John Robson
$45.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
James Cook, sailor, surveyor, cartographer and explorer, was born in 1728 in Yorkshire and died in Hawaii in 1779. This is a set of 128 maps showing events in the life of the celebrated explorer. Beginning with his early years in England, his time in the North Sea coal trade and with the Royal Navy in C ...Show more
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