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

Peter Aughton

ISBN 10: 0297830775 / ISBN 13: 9780297830771

Published by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 2004

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8vo pp. 189, b/w and color illustrations, maps. "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?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Resolution: The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297830775
• ISBN 13: 9780297830771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel

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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.

About the Author

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.