The Resource Captain Cook : master of the seas, Frank McLynn
Captain Cook : master of the seas, Frank McLynn
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The item Captain Cook : master of the seas, Frank McLynn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain and overlooking an important aspect of his identity: his nautical skills. In this authentic, engrossing biography, Frank McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. He shows how the Captain's life was one of struggle--with himself, with institutions, with the environment, with the desire to be remembered--and also one of great success. In Captain Cook, McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately, Cook, who began his career as a deckhand, transcended his humble beginnings and triumphed through good fortune, courage, and talent. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates)
- Contents
-
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Charting Cook
- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship
- The Seven Years War
- Charting Newfoundland
- The Challenge of the Pacific
- First Contacts with Tahiti
- The Isle of Cythera
- Peril in Australasia
- Homeward Bound
- Antarctica
- Tongans and Maoris
- Mastering the Pacific
- Lost Horizon: The Great
- Southern Continent
- The Last Voyage
- Tahiti: The Final Phase
- Quest for Illusion:
- The Northwest Passage
- Hawaiian Nightmare
- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Isbn
- 9780300114218
- Label
- Captain Cook : master of the seas
- Title
- Captain Cook
- Title remainder
- master of the seas
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank McLynn
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers
- Biographies
- Biography
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Discoveries in geography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Explorers
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- History
- Oceania
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration
- Voyages around the world
- Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain
- 1700-1799
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain and overlooking an important aspect of his identity: his nautical skills. In this authentic, engrossing biography, Frank McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. He shows how the Captain's life was one of struggle--with himself, with institutions, with the environment, with the desire to be remembered--and also one of great success. In Captain Cook, McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately, Cook, who began his career as a deckhand, transcended his humble beginnings and triumphed through good fortune, courage, and talent. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McLynn, Frank
- Dewey number
- 910.92
- Illustrations
-
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- G420.C65
- LC item number
- M35 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cook, James
- Explorers
- Voyages around the world
- Oceania
- Cook, James
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Voyages around the world
- Great Britain
- Oceania
- Label
- Captain Cook : master of the seas, Frank McLynn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-472) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The Challenge of the Pacific -- First Contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward Bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost Horizon: The Great -- Southern Continent -- The Last Voyage -- Tahiti: The Final Phase -- Quest for Illusion: -- The Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian Nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes
- Control code
- 808346524
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300114218
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt113w6f
- 2b4592b8-6d3a-418d-b685-d4072809e728
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)808346524
- Label
- Captain Cook : master of the seas, Frank McLynn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-472) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- The Seven Years War -- Charting Newfoundland -- The Challenge of the Pacific -- First Contacts with Tahiti -- The Isle of Cythera -- Peril in Australasia -- Homeward Bound -- Antarctica -- Tongans and Maoris -- Mastering the Pacific -- Lost Horizon: The Great -- Southern Continent -- The Last Voyage -- Tahiti: The Final Phase -- Quest for Illusion: -- The Northwest Passage -- Hawaiian Nightmare -- Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes
- Control code
- 808346524
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300114218
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt113w6f
- 2b4592b8-6d3a-418d-b685-d4072809e728
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)808346524
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers
- Biographies
- Biography
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Discoveries in geography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Explorers
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- History
- Oceania
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration
- Voyages around the world
- Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain
- 1700-1799
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