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Captain James Cook's voyage in the Endeavour which resulted in the mapping of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, was an epic voyage into the unknown. According to the British government - who wished to deceive the world as to its true purpose - it was merely a scientific expedition to observe the transit of the planet Venus across the face of the sun, a measurement which could help to establish the scale of the universe itself. Instead it turned out to be the one of the greatest voyages of discovery. The story of the Endeavour has always been seen as a small part of Cook's biography when, in fact, the voyage is a complete narrative in its own right. It has never before been told in its full and dramatic context. The narrative brings to life the main characters - Cook, Joseph Banks and his sailors - as their ship became the first ship to enter the Pacific Ocean and to know her precise whereabouts on the surface of the earth. The story includes aspects of history, geography, exploration, seamanship, astronomy, natural history, anthropology and many other sciences, and it is a story of human emotion, hardship and triumphant endeavour.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139780753817322
eBay Product ID (ePID)90058611
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameEndeavour : the Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Aughton
SeriesVoyages S.
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight257 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Aughton