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World Explorer Books are written especially for children who love adventure and exploration into the unknown. Designed for young readers, each book has been tested by the DAle-Chall readability formula. ... Read more

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Examines the life and journeys of Captain Cook. ... Read more

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A delightfully written book about one of the world's greatest explorers and navigators, Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Cook joined the Royal Nayvy as a teenager in 1755, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in 1775. He undertook major overseas exploration voyages and was the first to map Newfoundland, the first European contact with the eastern coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and he made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. This comprehensive and enjoyable 1907 classic bestseller tells the fascinating life story of one of the most successful sea explorers the world has ever known: Captain James Cook. ... Read more

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Biography of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent. ... Read more

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Chapters: James Cook, Alessandro Malaspina, José María Narváez, James Colnett, Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, Juan Francisco de La Bodega Y Quadra, Manuel Quimper, John Henry Cox, Juan Carrasco, George Dixon, Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, Salvador Fidalgo, Cayetano Valdés Y Flores, Charles William Barkley, Bruno de Heceta, Ignacio de Arteaga Y Bazán, Jacinto Caamaño, Juan José Pérez Hernández, Jakob Roggeveen, José Cardero, Juan de Ayala, Juan Crespí, Francisco Antonio Mourelle, Domingo de Bonechea, Gonzalo López de Haro, Esteban José Martínez Fernández Y Martínez de La Sierra, Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye, José Joaquín Moraga, Ange Auguste Joseph de Laborde de Boutervilliers, John Bean, Francisco de Lacerda. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 173. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alessandro Malaspina (November 5, 1754 April 9, 1810) was an Italian nobleman who spent most of his life as a Spanish naval officer and explorer. Under a Spanish royal commission, he undertook a voyage around the world from 1786 to 1788, then, from 1789 to 1794, a scientific expedition throughout the Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of the west coast of the Americas from Cape Horn to the Gulf of Alaska, crossing to Guam and the Philippines, and stopping in New Zealand, Australia, and Tonga. Malaspina was christened "Alessandro". He signed his letters in Spanish "Alexandro", which is usually modernized to "Alejandro" by Spanish scholars. Malaspina was born in Mulazzo, a small principality ruled by his family. Today part of Tuscany, it was then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire. Alessandro's parents were the Marquis Carlo Morello and Caterina Meli Lupi di Soragna. During 1762-1765, his family lived in Palermo with Alessandro's great-uncle, Giovanni Fogliani Sforz...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1211558 ... Read more

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Hard Copy of Wikipedia Online Version
This is a hard-copy version of a book/set of web pages which may also be found online as a part of Wikipedia. As such it is not a collectors item. This is a pure fact publication, with no pictures, charts, or other hubbub. It can be quite useful for those who want to have hard-copy reference at their finger tips rather than the more ethereal online version. It lists 31 Captains (Traders/Explorer); five of them are English/American (Barkley, Colnett, Cook, Bean, Cox); the remainder are Spanish. Each Captain is described briefly with a typical Wikipedia break down of subsections. There is a list of references at the end of each Captain's Chapter. There is an index at the back of about 10 pages which is mostly place names and individuals--of variable worth. The Spanish section is much more complete.

For those interested in the Pacific of the 18th Century this is a great reference. Despite my knowledge that the online version exists I enjoy having the hard copy and have found it quite helpful in my own research. I value the many references and plan to make greater access of the online materials.

If you are on a budget, act accordingly. If you want the shelf access this is a good purchase. ... Read more

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Chapters: James Cook, Henry Hudson, George Vancouver, Francis Drake, Richard Francis Burton, Robert Falcon Scott, Walter Raleigh, David Thompson, Martin Frobisher, Ernest Giles, Francis Galton, Thomas Cavendish, William Baffin, Samuel Baker, John Byron, John Smith, Valentine Baker, Joseph Billings, Henry Walter Bates, Charles Waterton, Clements Markham, George Mallory, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, Frederick Selous, Christopher Levett, James Colnett, John Franklin, Bear Grylls, Gertrude Bell, Humphrey Gilbert, Matthew Flinders, St. John Philby, Edward L. Atkinson, Albert Hastings Markham, Ranulph Fiennes, John Oxley, Percy Fawcett, Simon Reeve, Lawrence Oates, Leonard Hussey, William Dampier, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Charles Sturt, Michael Asher, Francis Howard Bickerton, William Dawes, Mary Kingsley, John Angelo Jackson, Andrew Irvine, St. George Littledale, Robert Swan, John Rolfe, Samuel Hearne, Eric Shipton, Allan Cunningham, Bill Tilman, John Meares, Ben Fogle, George Dixon, Thomas Doughty, David Carnegie, Cecil Rawling, Daniel Byles, Edward Whymper, Anthony de La Roché, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, Jerome Horsey, Harry Johnston, Edward Adrian Wilson, John Ratcliffe, William Moorcroft, Frank Wild, Kenneth Gandar-Dower, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Lawrence Wager, William Parker Snow, Richard Grenville, Victor Hayward, Bruce Parry, William Scoresby, Frank Smythe, Julius Beerbohm, Douglas Botting, Nicholas Woodcock, James Clark Ross, Edward John Eyre, Charley Boorman, Bartholomew Gosnold, George French Angas, John Davis, William Hovell, Sherard Osborn, Charles William Barkley, Ben Saunders, F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, William Weston, John Vincent, Ernest Wild, Ed Stafford, Tarka L'herpiniere, William John Bankes, Wally Herbert, Thomas Edge, Vivian Fuchs, Thomas Baines, Joseph Burke Ii, Bartholomew Gilbert, Alfred Maudslay, Richard Spruce, Ralph Fitch, George ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=66655 ... Read more

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Chapters: James Cook, George Vancouver, Francis Drake, John C. Frémont, David Douglas, Jedediah Smith, Sacagawea, Robert Gray, Juan Francisco de La Bodega Y Quadra, Meriwether Lewis, Charles Wilkes, William Clark, John Kendrick, Benjamin Bonneville, John Meares, Thomas Mckay, John Ledyard, John Strong Newberry, Bruno de Heceta, Robert Haswell, Joseph Ingraham, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, Peter Skene Ogden, Juan José Pérez Hernández, William Robert Broughton, James William Abert, William Rich, Donald Mackenzie, Bartolomé Ferrelo, Gabriel Franchère, Karl Andreas Geyer, Martin D'aguilar, Ross Cox. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 217. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November 1728 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This allowed General Wolfe to make his famous stealth attack on the Plains of Abraham, and helped to bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment both in his personal career and in the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages. Cook charted many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15630 ... Read more

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Chapters: James Cook. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 530. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November 1728 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This allowed General Wolfe to make his famous stealth attack on the Plains of Abraham, and helped to bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment both in his personal career and in the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages. Cook charted many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. His achievements can be attributed to a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (for example dipping into the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the Great Barrier Reef), an ability to lead men in adverse conditions, and boldness both with regard to the extent of his explorations and his willingness to exceed the instructions given to him by the Admiralty. Cook died in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians during his third exploratory...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15630 ... Read more

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Presents an account of Cook's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world. ... Read more