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"Endeavour" - Peter Aughton

"Endeavour"

The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2002 | New edition
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated (Verlag)
978-0-304-36236-3 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
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This volume reveals the story of one of the greatest journeys of exploration and discovery ever undertaken.
This beautifully illustrated book gives a vivid account of life on board the ENDEAVOUR and its epic journey into the unknown between 1768 and 1771. Captain James Cook's voyage resulted in the mapping of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. According to the British government - who wished to deceive the world as to its true purpose - it was merely a scientific expedition to observe the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun, a measurement that could help establish the scale of the universe itself. The real purpose was to find Terra Australis. Peter Aughton's narrative brings to life the main characters. The reader feels as if he is with Cook, Joseph Banks and his sailors as their ship encounters storm, tempest and the delights of South Sea Islands.

Peter Aughton lectures at the University of the West of England and in the 1970s he worked on the Concorde supersonic airliner. He is a Member of the British Computer Society and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. He is married with two children.

1. Preparations; 2. Crossing the Line; 3. Cape Horn; 4. Transit of Venus; 5. South Sea Paradise; 6. New Zealand; 7. The South Island; 8. Australia; 9. Tribulations; 10. Homeward Bound; Appendices; 1. Measuring the Earth; 2. The Astronomical Unit; 3. Stellar Distances; 4. Galactic Distances; 5. The Edge of the Universe; Notes on Sources; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.6.2002
Zusatzinfo 30 B/W Photo/Illu(s),30 Colour Photo/Illu(s),10 Map(s)
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 200 x 255 mm
Gewicht 1073 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10 0-304-36236-0 / 0304362360
ISBN-13 978-0-304-36236-3 / 9780304362363
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