Subject: Cook, James, 1728-1779 (Keywords)

In 'Captain Cook', McLynn recreates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean..

In 'Captain Cook', McLynn recreates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean..

This intimate biography sets Captain Cook, hero of conflicting myths, in the context of his times, his personality, his guiding philosophy and his extraordinary legacy..

'Cook's Cook' follows the 1768 journey of James Cook's H.M.S. Endeavour with his ship's cook, the one-handed John Thompson, as story teller. Through real recipes from the ship's galley, events on board and the places the ship travelled on its way to the Pacific, the book tells multiple stories. H...

This interpretation of Cook's life and death by a historian of marine exploration argues that the circumstances and reporting of his death are the key to his reputation. For many years he enjoyed unparalleled status as 'the pride of his century'. His progress from obscurity to fame and then, for ...