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the extraordinary voyages of Captain James Cook
By Thomas, Nicholas
- ISBN
- 978-0-80271-412-1
- Publisher
- New York : Walker & Company, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
While chronicling Cook's extraordinary journeys, this book differs from other recent Cook offerings-Tony Horwitz's Blue Latitudes and Martin Dugard's Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook-in that Thomas (Oceanic Art; Double Vision: Art Histories and Colonial Histories in the Pacific) does not embark on a personal quest to retrace Cook's travels. Instead, he uses Cook's cultural encounters to move beyond trad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
