Viking, Sydney, Date: 2020. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 324 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set out on a small British naval vessel in search of a missing continent. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's 'discovery' of Australia. Captain Cook's Epic Voyage reveals the hardships and adventure of this remarkable quest, and the euphoria of discovering new lands. Drawing from his previous book, Sea of Dangers, in Captain Cook's Epic Voyage Professor Geoffrey Blainey takes readers once again on a vivid journey through history, challenging accepted views and the intersection of myth, science and exploration. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australian History; Australia; 18th century; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781760895099. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9329. . 9781760895099 2020. Viking ISBN 1760895091 9781760895099 [AU]

ISBN10: 1760895091, ISBN13: 9781760895099, [publisher: Viking, Australia] Softcover First Edition A firm straight unmarked book, includes a loose newspaper cutting about release of the book.
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ISBN10: 1760895091, ISBN13: 9781760895099, Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN10: 1760895091, ISBN13: 9781760895099, [publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn] Softcover Paperback. The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's claim to sovereignty.In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of Venus, and - with the skills of naturalist Joseph Banks and his team - to collect natural history in this far part of the world. But Cook's brief also included a secret mission from the British Admiralty- to discover Terra Australis Incognita, an unknown southern land that might prove to be larger and richer than Australia.Cook was not alone in this quest, and the Endeavour shared the Coral Sea and coastal New Zealand with an armed French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville. Eventually in 1770 Cook's ship crossed the Tasman Sea and reached the southern coast of New South Wales. Sailing north, he charted Australia's eastern coastline and claimed it for Great Britain. It was the most significant of Cook's voyages, transforming the world map and the way Europeans viewed the South Pacific Ocean and its lands and peoples.On this 250th anniversary of his major discovery, Captain Cook's Epic Voyage reveals the hardships, adventure and achievem ...
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ISBN10: 1760895091, ISBN13: 9781760895099, [publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn] Softcover Paperback. The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's claim to sovereignty.In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of Venus, and - with the skills of naturalist Joseph Banks and his team - to collect natural history in this far part of the world. But Cook's brief also included a secret mission from the British Admiralty- to discover Terra Australis Incognita, an unknown southern land that might prove to be larger and richer than Australia.Cook was not alone in this quest, and the Endeavour shared the Coral Sea and coastal New Zealand with an armed French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville. Eventually in 1770 Cook's ship crossed the Tasman Sea and reached the southern coast of New South Wales. Sailing north, he charted Australia's eastern coastline and claimed it for Great Britain. It was the most significant of Cook's voyages, transforming the world map and the way Europeans viewed the South Pacific Ocean and its lands and peoples.On this 250th anniversary of his major discovery, Captain Cook's Epic Voyage reveals the hardships, adventure and achievem ...
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