Captain Cook rediscovered : voyaging to the icy latitudes / David L. Nicandri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicandri, David L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel--Polar Regions.

Cook, James.

Polar regions--Research--History--18th century.

Polar regions.

Polar regions--Discovery and exploration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to orient Captain James Cook's career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific achievements took place in the polar regions. David L. Nicandri acknowledges the cartographic accomplishments of the Australasian first voyage but focuses on the second- and third-voyage discovery missions in the extreme latitudes, where Cook pioneered the science of iceberg and icepack formation. A truly modern appraisal of early polar science, Captain Cook Rediscovered resonates in the climate change era."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: Prequels. The North Sea and Canada

The Republic of Letters

The South Pacific

Part 2: A Frozen World. Toward the South Pole

The Limit of Ambition

Temporizing in the Tropics

Cook and Forster, On Ice

Part 3: A Third Voyage. An Ancient Quest, A New Mission

Southern Staging Grounds - Terra Borealis

Blink

Northern Interlude

Intimations of Mortality

Part 4: Sequels. Springtime in Kamchatka

Diminishing Returns

Seeding the Fur Trade on the Voyage Home.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7748-6224-6

OCLC:

1164338027