H M Bark Endeavour by Ray Parkin

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Stain to lower page and tail foredge. Blank sticker used to cover stain. Please see images for more information.

Here, in one accessible volume, is the long-awaited reprint of Ray Parkin's highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning study of Captain James Cook's Bark Endeavour.

This incomparable book is at once a unique account of a great journey of discovery - Endeavour's voyage up the east coast of New Holland (Australia) in the year 1770 - and a remarkable re-creation of the experience of being on board a ship.

Writing for layperson and mariner alike, Parkin draws on meticulous research to reveal what the Endeavour looked like, how she sailed, how she smelled; what daily life would have been like for those on board. Further, these details are illustrated by a series of plans and figures, beautifully drawn by Parkin himself. (book flap)