The Journals of Captain Cook
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Journals of Captain Cook
By (Author) Captain James Cook
Edited by Philip Edwards
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
1st October 1999
2nd September 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Geographical discovery and exploration
General and world history
910.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
688
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
467g
Description
This is a substantial selection from the "Journals" of Captain Cook's voyages, drawn from the four-volume Beaglehole edition. It represents not only Cook's own accounts of his various voyages, but those of his companions, notably the naturalist, Joseph Banks.
Author Bio
Captain James Cook (1728-79) was born in Yorkshire and after an apprenticeship at a shipowners, joined the navy in 1755. Philip Edwards (now retired) has been a professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and the universities of Liverpool and Essex. He has written widely on Shakespeare and on the literature of voyages.
