Voyage of the Endeavour by Alan Frost

Voyage of the Endeavour by Alan Frost

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In this volume, the author overturns the idea of Lt James Cook as a "tradesman" navigator. He examines what it meant to sail with Cook, why the Endeavour sought out the mysterious Great South Land, why the manoeuvrings of the French and Spanish mattered, and what kind of man Cook was.

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Voyage of the Endeavour by Alan Frost

In this book you will discover what it meant to sail with Captain Cook, why the Endeavour sought out the mysterious Great South Land and what kind of man Cook was.
Alan Frost is professor of history at La Trobe University. He embarked on The Voyage Of The Endeavour at the invitation of the Endeavour Foundation which manages the Endeavour replica. Since August 1994 the Endeavour replica has been visited by over 700,000 tourists.
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ISBN 13 9781864481884
ISBN 10 1864481889
Title Voyage of the Endeavour
Author Alan Frost
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Year published 1998-04-01
Number of pages 151
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