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Captain Cook: Voyager Between Worlds

by John Gascoigne

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Synopsis:

James Cook was a supreme navigator and explorer. He was also a representative of English attitudes in the eighteenth century. In his voyages he came across peoples with hugely different systems of thought, belief and culture. John Gascoigne focuses on what happened when the two systems met, and how each side interpreted the other in terms of their own beliefs and experiences.
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ISBN:
9781847250025
Subtitle:
Voyager Between Worlds
Author:
Gascoigne, John
Publisher:
Hambledon & London
Subject:
Historical - British
Subject:
Adventurers & Explorers
Subject:
Expeditions & Discoveries
Subject:
History
Subject:
Explorers
Publication Date:
June 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
9.20x6.55x1.13 in. 1.34 lbs.
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