Sea of dangers : Captain Cook and his rivals in the South Pacific /
In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. Neither knew of the other's existence. Cook's first long voyage was one of the m...
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Chicago :
Ivan R. Dee,
2009
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