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9781848857117

Kerr's Voyages 4 Captain Cook and the Southern Hemisphere

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  • ISBN13:

    9781848857117

  • ISBN10:

    184885711X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2017-12-15
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris
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Summary

This second set brings together voyages in the southern hemisphere and towards the Pole by James Cook as well as accounts of voyages of discovery in the southern oceans by other important figures.The accounts of Captain Cookís voyages are particularly detailed.Voyages round the Cape of Good Hope,encounters with the natives of Tierra del Fuego,the search for a Southern Continent,the discovery of New Caledonia, human sacrifice in the Sandwich Islands and many other accounts make this set an especially engaging and informative collection.

Author Biography

Robert Kerr (1755-1813), grandson of the 1st Marquis of Lothian, was an independent scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society. As well as his outstanding achievement in assembling his General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, his literary works include translations of Lavoisier, Berthollet and Linnaeus, as well as a translation of Baron Georges Cuvier's Essay on the Theory of the Earth.

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