Bibliograph

Captain Cook's final voyage, the untold story from the journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts, edited by James K. Barnett ; foreword by Richard Neville ; introduction by Glyn Williams

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Label

Captain Cook's final voyage, the untold story from the journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts, edited by James K. Barnett ; foreword by Richard Neville ; introduction by Glyn Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Captain Cook's final voyage

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1015815971

Responsibility statement

edited by James K. Barnett ; foreword by Richard Neville ; introduction by Glyn Williams

Sub title

the untold story from the journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts

Summary

"Two unpublished accounts of Captain James Cook's last voyage to the northwest coast of the American continent"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The voyage begins, June-December 1776 -- Tasmania and New Zealand, January-February 1777 -- Cook Islands, March-April 1777 -- Tonga, April-August 1777 -- Tahiti, August-December 1777 -- Finding Hawai'i, December 1777-February 1778 -- Nootka Sound, February-April 1778 -- Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, May-June 1778 -- Finding Arctic ice, June-August 1778 -- Return to Unalaska, September-October 1778 -- In Hawaiian waters, November 1778-January 1779 -- Kealakekua Bay, January-February 1779 -- Return to Kealakekua Bay, February 1779 -- Leaving Hawai'i, February-March 1779 -- Reaching Avacha Bay, March-June 1779 -- Confronting Arctic ice, June-July 1779 -- Return To Kamchatka and England, July-November 1779

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