The story of Captain Cook's second voyage, with the Resolution and the Adventure, to claim more lands for the crown. 178 pp. plus: References, Notes, Index. Book is illustrated with coloured photographs. Book has tiny ding to top front edge and slight head of spine wear. Unclipped DJ has light edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 171910.

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Title

Resolution: Cap[tain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0297830775

ISBN 13

9780297830771

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First UK Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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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.

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