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Resolution: The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery

Resolution: The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery

by PeterAughton (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

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Synopsis

A year and a day after James Cook arrived back on English soil having claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British crown, he set sail again on a three-year journey (1772-1775) that still remains the greatest exploratory voyage ever undertaken in the far Southern waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. His was the first ship ever to cross the Antarctic Circle, and no sailing ship since has ventured further south through the ice. This is a colourful and exciting story of the crew and their life aboard the Resolution and the adventures that occurred whenever they landed on exotic islands and coasts such as Tahiti, Easter Island, the Tonga Islands and above all the snow, fog, treacherous ice and blizzards of Antarctica.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 12 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0297830775
ISBN 13: 9780297830771
Book Overview: Stirring tale of discovery and adventure by Captain Cook Story of scientific advance as Pacific and Antarctic waters are accurately mapped for the first time Praise for ENDEAVOUR ( Chapter by chapter Peter Aughton gives us new insights into this epic voyage, the people who took part and the places they put on the maps of the western world...a masterpiece of interpretation.' David Bellamy; Aughton is a passionate advocate but never a sentimentalist. First-rate.' The Yorkshire Post)

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'Aughton's brisk, clear-eyed narrative arrestingly lets the tale speak for itself.' -- Robbie Hudson THE SUNDAY TIMES 'an enticing story of southern exploration, pierced by cannibalism and mean-spirited quarrels NEW SCIENTIST
Author Bio
Peter Aughton lectures at the University of the West of England and in the 1970s he worked on the Concorde supersonic airliner. He is the author of the highly praised ENDEAVOUR: The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage and NEWTON'S APPLE: Isaac Newton and the English Scientific Renaissance. He is an expert on computers, mathematics and astronomy and is a gifted story teller.