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The Journals of Captain Cook provide a vivid first-hand account of his three voyages of discovery during which he charted the coast of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and brought back detailed descriptions of Tahiti, Tonga and numerous other Pacific Islands. This edition, abridged from the Hakluyt Society’s definitive four-volume collection and preserving Cook’s idiosyncratic spelling, makes this inimitable personal account of his nine years of voyaging accessible to the general reader. Philip Edwards provides an introduction to each voyage and a postscript on the controversy surrounding Cook’s death. London, Penguin Classics, 1999.
Softback, 671 pages. NEW
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