Название: Pacific Exploration: Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle
Автор: Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe, Glyn Williams
Издательство: Adlard Coles
ISBN: 1472957733
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 96,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. Despite his ordinary roots, he rose through the ranks to become a remarkable officer. On May 27, 1768, Cook, then just a Royal Naval lieutenant, took command of HM bark Endeavour.