The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by A. Grenfell Price ; illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton ; with a new introduction by Percy G. Adams.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York,
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Dover Publications
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1971]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 292 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (page xiii).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"No man ever did more to alter and correct the map of the earth," writes Percy Adams in his new introduction, than James Cook, the Scotch-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the then practically unchartered Pacific.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Terms of Availability
$3.50
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Works.
Date of Publication
1971
Form Subheading
Selections.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cook, James,1728-1779
Cook, James,1728-1779.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Voyages around the world, Early works to 1800.
Discoveries in geography.
Voyages around the world.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Oceania, Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1800.
Oceanica, Discovery and exploration.
Oceania.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
910/
.
09/164
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
G420
.
C62
Book number
P7
1971
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Cook, James,1728-1779.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Price, A. Grenfell, (Archibald Grenfell),Sir,1892-