The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN
The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN

Author: Colin Waters

Publisher: Pen and Sword History

Published: 2024-04-18

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1399056980

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The explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-old belief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants. Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters completely unravels, for the first time, the full fascinating story concerning the mysterious supposed 18th century drowning of his son, James Cook junior. The author also presents genealogical evidence to support old rumours that after faking his own death, James traveled to North Yorkshire where he joined his wife & son, leaving behind him a scandal that resulted in him being virtually expunged from all official naval records. The Royal Navy cover-up that resulted matches any modern-day conspiracy theory and gives credence to all those who today claim to be direct descendants of the famous Captain James Cook R.N.

Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook

Author: Bill Finnis

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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This book is a gripping account of the career and achievements of one of the most intriguing figures of world exploration and British naval history -- Captain James Cook. Born in 1728, the son of a farm laborer, Cook, through sheer determination, keen intellect and consummate skills as a seaman, rose to honours and recognition in his own time and to a unique and enduring prominence in the history of navigation. The book retraces Cook's three voyages, ending with his tragic death in Hawaii in 1779. It also assesses his unique contribution to exploration and discovery, to seafaring, science and medicine. It took extraordinary courage to sail for months on end through unchartered waters, aboard crowded ships, relying almost entirely on the skills and knowledge of the sea possessed by the captain, his officers and crew. One can almost feel the spray and taste the salt as this fast-moving narrative unfolds. Superbly illustrated with Bill Finnis's photographs, maps and evocative sketches from his own six-year voyage, as well as the charts, paintings and engravings of the period, this fascinating book offers a unique understanding of the personality and achievements of Captain James Cook, seaman and scientist.

William Hodges 1744-1797
William Hodges 1744-1797

Author: William Hodges

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 030010376X

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William Hodges is well known as the artist who accompanied Cook's second voyage to the South Pacific as official landscape painter. This book forms a major reappraisal of his career and reputation, arguing a central place for him in the development of British art. The nine essays included in this catalogue are by some of the foremost scholars in the area. They consider Hodges's work comparatively, in terms of the rise of ethnology, the investigation of Indian history, the encounter with peoples 'without history' and the development of empirical science and rationalism.

CAPTAIN COOKS VOYAGES
CAPTAIN COOKS VOYAGES

Author: James 1728-1779 Cook

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781360864457

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The Life of Captain James Cook
The Life of Captain James Cook

Author: J. C. Beaglehole

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1992-04-01

Total Pages: 828

ISBN-13: 9780804720090

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The culmination of the life work of the most 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.