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Author
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 19 min. 11 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance. Non-Aboriginal histories of Australia generally regard Captain Cook as the person who discovered Australia, although historical records show that he was not the first European to step onto Australian shores. Contemporary Aboriginal accounts of Captain Cook that survive bear little relationship to this history upheld by non-Aboriginal...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 212 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go. James Cook Geographer, historical consultant and bestselling author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend as she traces his story in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling. A hero to some, a villain to others, this son of an English farm labourer described more of the globe than...
5) Stowaway
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
319 p. : col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
6) James Cook
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
7) Captain Cook
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. (photos.)
Language
English
8) Captain Cook
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
61 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
137 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the historic adventures and achievements of the great British explorer and discoverer of Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean lands and peoples.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the explorations made by James Cook, his intricate maps which are still used today, and his journals which leave a lasting legacy.
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