| Title |
Endeavour : the ship that changed the world / Peter Moore. |
| Author |
Moore, Peter, 1983- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012086132 author.
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| Description |
420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Publication |
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. |
| Note |
"Originally published in 2018 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain, as Endeavour : the ship and the attitude that changed the world." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-363) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Endeavours of the mind -- Part one: Life. Acorns -- Part two: Trade. Enigmas -- Cross currents -- Mr. Birds ways -- Land of liberty -- Part three: Exploration. "Take a trip in disguise" -- Airy dreams -- Perfect strangers -- "That rainbow serpent place" -- Part four: War -- 360° -- The frozen serpent of the south -- The collier fleet -- Ghosts -- Epilogue: Endeavours. |
| Summary |
"A history of the legendary ship Endeavour"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Cook, James, 1728-1779. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78091496
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Endeavour (Ship) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50079833 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Great Britain. Royal Navy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006861 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Navigation http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090425 -- Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- History -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006124
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
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| Genre/Form |
History.
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628
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Naval history.
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411632
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