Blue Latitudes, Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before  •  Tony Horwitz TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES A vivid tale of modern adventures, history and fun in the wake of Captain Cook by the author of Confederates in the Attic. Horwitz paints a broad picture of Cook and his time, capturing the places and personalities Cook encountered in his daring voyages around the world. Since he doesn't like the cold, the author (who sailed on a replica of the Endeavor as a crewman) skipped the Antarctic. (EXP31, $16.00)
Captain Cook, A Legacy Under Fire  •  Vanessa Collingridge BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2003 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES European discoveries are much in question these days and in this well researched book Collingridge takes on an 18th-century British hero and his discovery of Australia. Nevermind that the English bucanner William Dampier had already landed on Australia well before Cook in 1688, Collingridge looks into the long-forgotten research of a distant cousin that showed that Portuguese explorers mapped Australia in the 16th century. The author, a journalist and British televison news anchor, intercuts elequent chapters on Cook's explorations with the tale of George Collingridge (who she rescues from obscurity) and a nice account of her own travels. Like Cook, the author ends her book on the shores of Kaelakekua bay. (PAC125, $14.95)
Captain James Cook  •  Richard Hough BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1997 •  PAPER  • 398 PAGES A vividly written narrative of the life and three great voyages of Captain Cook. This fine book includes a gripping account of his discoveries throughout the Pacific -- and his demise in the Sandwich Islands. (PAC24, $50.00)
Discovery, The Quest for the Great South Land  •  Miriam Estensen EXPLORATION •  2000 •  PAPER  • 286 PAGES In this engaging narrative history Estensen traces the idea and discovery of Australia from Greek philosophers to Captain James Cook's voyage of 1755. With black-and-white illustrations throughout. (AUS82, $14.95)
The Explorers  •  Tim F. Flannery ANTHOLOGY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 385 PAGES A diverse, thoroughly engaging survey of the literature of Australian exploration, selected and introduced by Tim Flannery. A mammalogist and popular writer, Flannery demonstrates his usual wit in this selection of 67 accounts by Captain James Cook, buccaneer William Dampier and even modern adventurers like Robyn Davidson (who crossed the continent on a camel). (AUS89, $14.00)
Farther Than Any Man, The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook  •  Martin Dugard BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2002 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A fast-paced account of the discoveries of the 18th-century navigator. Dugard, a sailor and adventurer himself, is especially attuned to the demands of long sea voyages under difficult circumstances. (PAC127, $14.00)
First Impressions, Antarctica 1773-1930  •  Douglas Sellick EXPLORATION •  2001 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A nicely-edited anthology of Antarctic adventure, hazard and exploration as told by the explorers themselves in their letters back home, books and journal entries. With black and white photographs, drawings, and maps. Sellick features the heroes, martyrs and others, lesser-known, in a selection that ranges from very early accounts through the 20th-century. Here's the cast of characters, all men, in chronological order: James Cook, James Weddell, James Eights, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross, William J.J. Spry, Henrik Bull, Frederick Cook, Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Edward R.G.R. Evans, Herbert Ponting, Frank Debenham, Douglas Mawson, and Sir Hubert Wilkins. Published in Austrlia. (ANT181, $26.95)
Joseph Banks, A Life  •  Patrick O'Brian BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1997 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES A fine biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks by one of our great writers of the sea. O'Brian's account of the three-year voyage of the Endeavor -- and the discovery of Australia -- is particularly good. Chapters cover globe-trotting botanical adventures with James Cook and others in Polynesia, Australia & New Zealand, Iceland, England and France. With a few maps, engravings and illustrations. (AUS47, $18.00)
The Journals of Captain Cook  •  James Cook  •  Philip Edwards TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 650 PAGES Cook's narrative of his expeditions between 1768 and 1779. Includes his explorations of Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and a host of other previously unheard-of Pacific locales. (PAC98, $13.00)
The Life of Captain James Cook  •  John C. Beaglehole BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1974 •  PAPER  • 760 PAGES Cook, considered perhaps the greatest of the European explorers, sailed to Hawaii and the South Pacific in the mid-1700s. This book is the definitive biography of his extraordinary life and adventures, written by perhaps the most distinguished scholar of Pacific exploration. Weighing in at over 3 pounds, its a massive book, but very accessible to the general reader. Illustrated. (PAC01, $36.95)
Stowaway  •  Karen Hesse LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) For this novel, renowned children's author Karen Hesse imagines the voyages of Captain Cook (including landings in Australia and New Zealand), from the point of view of a young stowaway named Nicholas. Ages 9-14. (OCE81, $6.99)
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Encounters in the South Seas  •  Anne Salmond HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 536 PAGES An intriguing history of the voyages of Captain Cook with a focus on the relationship between the Pacific islanders and seafaring Englishmen. Salmond describes how mutual curiosity turned into animosity, culminating in the death of Captain Cook in Hawaii. (PAC138, $30.00)
Unknown Lands, The Log Books of the Great Explorers  •  François Bellec EXPLORATION •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 216 PAGES An exquisitely illustrated selection of eyewitness accounts, maps, and reports from the logs of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco de Gama, James Cook, and others from the great age of exploration. (EXP32, $55.00)