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Bezig met laden... Captain Cook (origineel 1972; editie 1972)door Alistair MacLean (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkDe ontdekkingsreizen van Kapitein Cook door Alistair MacLean (1972)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A very short history of the life of Captain Cook, focusing on his two great voyages of exploration. This book is brief and lacking personal detail, the writer makes the point that Cook never wrote about himself, but doesn't give an impression of Cook from other's point of view either. Strictly about his voyages and results, not the person. A bit too lacking in detail, this felt like a history book for middle-schoolers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one. When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combination of seaman, explorer, navigator, and cartographer that the world had ever known. He still is. He had driven himself mercilessly, and his men likewise, and yet the surgeon's mate on the Resolution was able to write: 'In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone; on him all eyes were turned; he was our leading star, which at its setting left us involved in darkness and despair'. Between 1768 and 1779, Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that broke record after record of exploration, endurance, and personal achievement. He explored and charted the coasts of New Zealand, landed in Botany Bay, explored the Pacific, mapped its islands, and travelled further south than any man before him; he explored the Great Barrier Reef and travelled thousands of miles north to tackle the North-West Passage. He excelled in all aspects of his craft and inspired in his men an affection for him and an enthusiasm for his undertakings that provoked constant loyalty and unfailing endeavour in frequently savage conditions. Alistair MacLean presents a graphic and lively account of this great explorer, his three amazing voyages and the adventures that befell him, his crews, and his ships in lands that until he sailed were in many cases unknown. Cook's life was a resounding success and the story of it is a thrilling exemplification of his own description of himself as a man 'who had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go'. - An exciting retelling of the life of Captain Cook by the great Alistair MacLean - has been out of print for nearly 50 years. - Republished to mark the 250th anniversary of Cook's arrival in Australia, the first Europeans to set foot there. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)910.92History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel History, geographic treatment, biography - Discovery. exploration Geographers, travellers, explorers regardless of country of originLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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"Indledning" handler om ???
"1. Matros og underofficer" handler om ???
"2. Det ukendte kontinent" handler om ???
"3. Kortlægning af New Zealand" handler om ???
"4. Australien og Great Barrier Reef" handler om ???
"5. Antarktis og Polynesien" handler om ???
"6. Nordvestpassagen" handler om ???
"Efterskrift" handler om at Cook sikkert var heldig med at blive slået ihjel i stedet for at blive deprimeret over ikke at kunne overgå sig selv mere. Meget højstemt og fyldt med patos.
"Kildeangivelser" handler om hvor billedmaterialet er hentet fra.
Her er ikke meget om personen Cook, men meget om de tre rejser og hvad der skete undervejs. ( )