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Captain James Cook
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 Endeavour as a crewman) skipped the Antarctic.
(EXP31, $17.00) |
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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) |
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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, $18.95) |
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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) |
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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, $15.00) |
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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, $20.00) |
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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, $15.00) |
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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, $38.95) |
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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) |
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The Trial of the Cannibal Dog
• Anne Salmond
HISTORY •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 536 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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, $25.00) |
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