Captain Cook's Epic Voyage [electronic resource]
Geoffrey Blainey2020
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In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval
vessel, the boldly named Endeavour , bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered
to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of
Venus, and - with the skills of naturalist Joseph Banks and his team - to
collect natural history in this far part of the world. But Cook's brief also
included a secret mission from the British Admiralty: to discover Terra
Australis Incognita, an unknown southern land that might prove to be larger and
richer than Australia.
Cook was not alone in this quest, and the Endeavour shared the Coral Sea and
coastal New Zealand with an armed French merchant ship commanded by Jean de
Surville. Eventually in 1770 Cook's ship crossed the Tasman Sea and reached the
southern coast of New South Wales. Sailing north, he charted Australia's eastern
coastline and claimed it for Great Britain. It was the most significant of
Cook's voyages, transforming the world...
Main title:
Captain Cook's Epic Voyage [electronic resource] / Geoffrey Blainey
Author:
Geoffrey Blainey, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Penguin eBooks, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781760145026
Language:
English
BRN:
429267
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |