Captain Cook: A Legacy Under Fire
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585747254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Part biography, part historical mystery, this book spans the centuries to find the truth in Captain Cook's legacy.
After spending "months trawling through map-room and libraries, retracing their footsteps," the author was able to produce this engaging account that links three decades-"a dance of a tango of three." Collingridge intercuts finely detailed chapters on Cook's exciting major explorations with her ancestor's more bookish investigation of newly discovered maps indicating that "the Dutch had certainly reached Australian shores at the start of the 17th century," which led to their mapping of western Australia, and that the Dutch documents were actually based on earlier maps made by the Portuguese. After becoming fasci
"Global Exploration with Heroism and Civility" according to Robert Morris. For various reasons, there continues to be substantial interest in great explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Robert Falcon Scott, and James Cook. This the first of two books about Cook which I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed. (The other is Tony Horwitz's Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before.) They discuss a common subject but from different perspectives. I highly recommend both. Of special inter. "THIS WAS A WONDERFUL BOOK ON CAPTAIN COOK ALSO THE UNKNOWN" according to Jessica A Bruno (waybeyondfedup). THIS WAS A WONDERFUL BOOK ON CAPTAIN COOK ALSO THE UNKNOWN GEORGE COLLINGBRIDGE, AND VANESSA COLLINGBRIDGE THE AUTHORLook at the subject first then read on. How I came about this book was I saw preview for History Channel's reality series on called the ship which was based on Captain Cook's first voyage. So I went to Barnes and Noble store with my mom and sister and saw this on one of the new books table in the front of the store. Miss Collingbridge is James Cook. PACY RECOUNTING OF THE COOK STORY AND LINKS WITH COLLINGRIDG A Customer Vanessa Collingridge has written a pacy book that nicely describes the 3 expeditions of Cook to the Pacific and focuses on his cartography, his ideas about scurvy, his ideas about how to relate to the peoples encounteredand about the links between the Cook mythology (eg discoverer of Australia) and reality (he was not the first).It's annoying the book I bought (hardback) did not contain better maps(there were virtually none)so I had trouble following the twists a