Endeavour Journals

Name: Endeavour Journals
Brand: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
SKU: 9781399064095
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Captain Cook in Australia

Автор: John MacDonald, Clare MacDonald

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Издател: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the ''Continent of Smoke''. On board...

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Автор

John MacDonald, Clare MacDonald

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2023

страници

376

EAN

9781399064095

Enbook ID

44056399

Издател

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Теглоt

1040

Размери

156 x 234

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In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the ''Continent of Smoke''. On board were Lieutenant James Cook, gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks, natural history artist Sydney Parkinson, and Midshipman James Magra.For the first time, this book combines the journals of these men to present a single, cohesive narrative that brings the story to life as never before. The journals are complimented by over 300 images, including charts, costal profiles, plans of harbours, and many original drawings executed during the voyage of the animals, people and landscape unique to the region.Of the many titles that are available concerning Cook and his voyaging, few focus on Cook’s New Holland experience. Most commonly these titles are interpretative accounts, and heavily weighted with the author’s opinion. However, here the story of New Holland is told in the words of the explorers themselves, containing first hand accounts of all the elements of drama, risk and first discovery.Focusing particularly on the contact with the Indigenous people and how they were first described by Europeans, this is an adaption of the discovery story made accessible to the general reader as well as the historian, without compromising the integrity of the original document.These adventurers were men of their own time, constrained by the common beliefs that fashioned the lives of people two hundred and fifty years ago. If some of their words sit uncomfortably with current thinking, we should remind ourselves that some of our own beliefs and actions, might similarly be thought beyond the pale by future generations, and that we too may find ourselves the target of criticism from those who come after us.

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