The Life of Captain James Cook by J C Beaglehole

Book Description

Secondhand. Good to very good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside front cover but is covered by front dust jacket. Light foxing on right and tail foredges. Dust jacket is in very good condition with on light wear to edges. Dust jacket has been enclosed in protector. Body text and binding are still very good.

Captain James Cook is the greatest explorer-seaman of all time, yet the world had to wait almost two centuries for the first full-scale biography to do justice to the man and his achievements. The culmination of the life work of the J C Beaglehole, a distinguished historian of Pacific exploration, this lavishly illustrated biography places Cook in the context of his times and affirms his eminence in the history of maritime discovery.