The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages

The Voyages of Captain James Cook is now available in a highly produced paperback edition specially to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Cooks first voyage. Captain James Cooks eighteenth century adventures circumnavigating the globe culminated in Englands mapping of the known world. Now available in a handsome paperback edition The Voyages of Captain James Cook tells the epic tale of expert cartographer and navigator Cook and his crew who set out from London on a quest of scientific discovery and exploration. Over the course of three voyages they sailed the South Pacific South America Antarctica New Zealand the Pacific Northwest the Arctic Circle and much more. From Cooks travels came a wealth of knowledge: documentation of flora and fauna indigenous peoples and best of all maps of the world - all of which were recorded for posterity in Cooks journals and in the work of many crew members. By the time Cook died in 1779 he had created charts so accurate that some were used into the 1990s. The Voyages of Captain James Cook is a handsome illustrated volume thats rich with excerpts from Cooks journals illustrations photos and more that together create a fascinating account of his voyages.