Voyages of Captain Cook (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

图书标准信息

• 作者 James Cook 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 1999-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781840221008
• 定价 62.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 496页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Cook'sthreevoyagesofdiscovery,whichtookplacebetween1768and1779,areamongthemostremarkableachievementsinthehistoryofexploration.Cookchartedvastareasoftheglobewithastonishingaccuracy,andthevoyagesalsomadeasignificantcontributiontowardssolvingsomeofthegreatproblemsofcartographyandnavigation.Withcrewscontaininggiftedsailorsandnavigators,aswellasbotanists,paintersandscientists,Cookprovidesthelinkbetweenthespeculative,profit-hungryvoyagesoftheElizabethanseafarersandthescientificexpeditionsofthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.

【目录】

Introduction

Further Reading

Note on the Text

FIRST VOYAGE

SCEOND VOYAGE

THIRD VOYAGE