Captain Cook's Apprentice
Captain Cook's Apprentice

Author: Anthony Hill

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2018-07-02

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0143789503

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The enthralling story of Captain Cook's voyage to Australia, as seen through the eager eyes of a cabin boy. When young Isaac Manley sailed on the Endeavourfrom England in 1768, no one on board knew if a mysterious southern continent existed in the vast Pacific Ocean. It would be a voyage full of uncertainties and terrors. During the course of the three-year journey, Isaac's eyes are opened to all the brutal realities of life at sea - floggings, storms, press-gangs, the deaths of fellow crewmen, and violent clashes on distant shores. Yet Isaac also experiences the tropical beauty of Tahiti, where he becomes enchanted with a beautiful Tahitian girl. He sees the wonders of New Zealand, and he is there when the men of Endeavourfirst glimpse the east coast of Australia, anchor in Botany Bay, and run aground on the Great Barrier Reef. Acclaimed and award-winning historical novelist Anthony Hill brings to life this landmark voyage with warmth, insight and vivid detail in this exciting and enlightening tale of adventure and discovery.

Privateer's Apprentice
Privateer's Apprentice

Author: Susan Verrico

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1561459291

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When Jameson is kidnapped and taken to sea, he must learn how to survive. Jameson Cooper always assumed he would grow up to be a printer like his father. But after the unexpected death of his parents, his fortunes change forever when he is wrongly accused of stealing bread and sentenced to indentured servitude. In a twist of fate, he is suddenly knocked out and kidnapped, and awakens on board the Destiny, captained by the fearsome Attack Jack, a privateer in the service of Queen Anne. Now Jameson must learn to be a sailor, using the skills he learned from his father to aid Attack Jack in mapping the New World so that they can claim new territories for England. But Jameson finds out that the captain and his first mate, Solitaire Peep, have a secret hidden deep in a cave on a mysterious island. England's future might hang in the balance...and so might Jameson's. With a sympathetic hero and a climactic resolution, this exciting historical fiction adventure from Susan Verrico will captivate readers and keep them on the edge of their seats.

The Goat Who Sailed The World
The Goat Who Sailed The World

Author: Jackie French

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 073044449X

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Captain Cook's goat is the first of many historical animals to bring the past to life. the HM Bark Endeavour is sailing to tahiti to map the transit of Venus, but there are rumours that once the task is completed, Lieutenant James Cook has a set of secret orders - orders that command him to search for the Great South Land. Isaac is twelve and has joined the crew of the Endeavour as a master's servant, good for scrubbing decks and not much else. He's certainly not considered good enough to fetch hay for the Goat who will provide fresh milk for Cook and his officers. And this goat even has more experience at sea than Isaac - she has already sailed around the world once, watching the ocean and lands slip by from her spot on the quarterdeck. Over the months on board the Endeavour, a friendship grows between the Goat and Isaac, one that will last through shipwreck, bushfire and illness. A friendship that helps in the discovery of exotic new lands ... Ages 9 - 13

Captain Cook
Captain Cook

Author: Rebecca Levene

Publisher: Usborne Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780746064252

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Captain Cook's Apprentice
Captain Cook's Apprentice

Author: Anthony Hill

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1742283802

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'What are they saying?' Isaac asked Taiata. 'They are calling us tupua. . . goblins and demons.' 'And what else?' 'They say they will come back and kill us all.' When young Isaac Manley sailed on the Endeavour from England in 1768, no one on board knew if a mysterious southern continent existed in the vast Pacific Ocean. It would be a voyage full of uncertainties and terrors. During the course of the three-year journey, Isaac's eyes are opened to all the brutal realities of life at sea - floggings, storms, press-gangs, the deaths of fellow crewmen, and violent clashes on distant shores. Yet Isaac also experiences the tropical beauty of Tahiti, where he becomes friends with a Tahitian girl. He sees the wonders of New Zealand. And he is there when the men of Endeavour first glimpse the east coast of Australia, anchor in Botany Bay, and run aground on the Great Barrier Reef. The enthralling true story of Captain Cook's voyage to Australia on the Endeavour, seen through the eager eyes of a cabin boy, by best-selling and award-winning author Anthony Hill.

Captain Cook's Merchant Ships
Captain Cook's Merchant Ships

Author: Stephen Baines

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-08-03

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0750965495

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While the story of Endeavour is widely written about, Captain Cook sailed in or with eight ships which began their lives as merchant ships. This detailed illustrated history tells the story of these ships and the people who sailed in them. In placing these ships and people in the personal, political, social, financial, scientific and religious contexts of their times, this book provides a readable and comprehensible account of the long Eighteenth Century. Often using contemporary sources, this gripping account fills a gap in Cook history and attempts to catch something of that exciting, violent, gossipy but largely untaught and unknown period through which these vessels and their people sailed literally and figuratively between the old world and the new.

Captain Cook
Captain Cook

Author: Vanessa Collingridge

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 144811716X

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A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to life in vivid detail. We follow his humble beginnings as the son of a farm labourer, through his convention-shattering treatment of the indigenous groups he met on his travels, and then onto his final tragic voyage which signalled the end of his revered reputation. One hundred years on from the death of Cook, another great man, George Collingridge begins his own adventure. He, like Cook was oblivious to the implications his journey would have. Along the way he unfolds ancient maps, secret tales and unearths hidden lands and buried treasure. He is also said to have realised that it was not Cook who discovered Australia - it was the Portugese. This firm belief was the eventual cause of his self-destruction. Another hundred years later Vanessa Collingridge, is searching for books on her lifelong hero Captain Cook in a university library. She discovers the name of a distant cousin, George Collingridge, in a dusty card index. And so a new journey of discovery begins - in the footsteps of her hero and his nemesis.

The Story of Captain Cook
The Story of Captain Cook

Author: John Lang

Publisher:

Published: 2016-12-22

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780987305268

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Captain James Cook FRS RN (1728-1779) born Yorkshire, England, died in Hawaii 1779. Was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Book includes 6 illustrations.