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  • Voyages of Discovery

    by Captain James Cook, Robert Welsch ...
    Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's 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. ... Read more

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  • Voyages of Discovery

    by Captain James Cook ...
    Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's 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. ... Read more

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    by Captain William Bligh, Sir John Farrow, Rosalind Amelia Young ...
    The Mutiny of the Bounty is one of the most famous stories in maritime history that has been told in countless books and motion pictures. It describes the arduous voyage of the H.M.S. Bounty, under the harsh rule of the strict Captain Bligh, and the eventual mutiny of much of the crew led by the Mutineer Fletcher Christian. Less well-known is the incredible survival story of how Captain Bligh and ... Read more

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  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    by Captain William Bligh ...
    William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small boat and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to protection ... Read more

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  • The Voyages of Captain Cook

    by James Cook, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Australian Exploration Anthology

    Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills

    by William Dampier, Captain. James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McKinlay, William Wills, John McDouall Stuart ...
    The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia by the European newcomers who arrived at the last great habitable continent to be discovered. This ... Read more

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  • Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries

    by William Henry Giles Kingston ...
    Among all those Englishmen who, from a humble origin, have risen to an honourable position, Captain James Cook is especially worthy of record. His parents were of the peasant class—his father having commenced life as a farm-labourer, and his mother being a cottager’s daughter. Probably, however, they were both superior to others of the same station, as the husband, in process of time, became farm ... Read more

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  • A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World (Vol. 1&2)

    The Second Voyage of James Cook (1772-1775)

    by James Cook ...
    "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World" in 2 volumes is an inspiring personal account of the second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, which was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis. On his ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of John Jewitt: Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island

    by John Rodgers Jewitt ...
    THE PEOPLE OF THE PLAY. GORDON CABELL MR. McCOMAS CARTER HILLIARY (Charlotte's brOther) MR. HARBISON COL. PHILIP STUART MR. OBERCHEIN GEORGE STUART (his son) MR. H. YANCEY ... Read more

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  • A Voyage to the South Sea

    by William Bligh ...
    "A Voyage to the South Sea" is a captivating account by William Bligh, chronicling his journey across the Pacific Ocean. Bligh, known for his role in the infamous mutiny on the Bounty, provides a detailed narrative of his experiences navigating treacherous waters and encountering various islands. His observations of the indigenous cultures and the natural beauty of the South Seas are vividly ... Read more

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  • The Voyages of Captain James Cook

    The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages

    by James Cook, John Hawkesworth, Georg Forster, James King ...
    The first-ever illustrated account of the explorer and cartographer's epic eighteenth-century Pacific voyages, complete with excerpts from his journals.This is history's greatest adventure story. In 1766, the Royal Society chose prodigal mapmaker and navigator James Cook to lead a South Pacific voyage. His orders were to chart the path of Venus across the sun. That task completed, his ship, the ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty's Ship Bounty and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.

    by William Bligh ...
    The story of this famous mutiny has many beginnings and many endings but they all intersect on an April morning in 1789 near the island known today as Tonga. That morning, William Bligh and eighteen surly seamen were expelled from the Bounty and began what would be the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to safety in Timor. ... Read more

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