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by Dorothy Hoobler

Author: Dorothy Hoobler
Language: English
Publisher: G. P. Putnam; 1st edition (October 14, 1983)
Pages: 206 pages
Category: Biographies
Rating: 4.8
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His books include Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook(2003) and Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire(2010), which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize. James Cook (1728-1779) was a British explorer, mapmaker, and navy captain. His three voyages to the South Pacific resulted in the mapping of previously uncharted lands.

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The Hooblers intended in The Voyages of Captain Cook to describe Cook’s achievement for young adult readers. By relying largely on Cook’s own journals as their main historical source, they attempt to retell his story from his point of view. Cook’s voyages encompassed several purposes, not all of them in harmony with the others

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The Voyages of Captain Cook. ISBN 9780399209758 (978-0-399-20975-8) Hardcover, G. P. Putnam, 1983. Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyages of Captain Cook'. Founded in 1997, BookFinder

DOROTHY and THOMAS HOOBLER are well experienced at writing on historical topics. Their ten-volume series for Oxford Uni-versity Press, The American Family Albums, was acclaimed in the New York Times and Newsday and has received awards from educational and literary groups.

DOROTHY and THOMAS HOOBLER are well experienced at writing on historical topics. Their novel, In Darkness, Death, won a 2005 Edgar Award for young adult fiction. 17 May 2013 ·. An artist depiction of Captain Cook's meeting with the Nootka aboriginal tribes of " Vancouver Island" in Canada.

Follows the career of the British navigator and explorer whose three famous voyages resulted in the accurate mapping of much of the South Pacific.