James Cook
Список книг автора James CookCaptain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World made in H.M. bark "Endeavour"
"Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World made in H.M. bark «Endeavour»" by James Cook. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Entdeckungsfahrten im Pazifik
Die Entdeckung der Südsee Kein Seefahrer vor James Cook unternahm so ausgedehnte Reisen, verbrachte so lange Zeiträume ununterbrochen auf See und kehrte mit so umfangreichen Kenntnissen weiter Teile der Erde zurück. Cook war der Navigator, der die weißen Flecken auf der Karte des Pazifischen Ozeans tilgte. Wir lesen heute, über zweihundert Jahre später, seine umfangreichen, sachlich knapp und unprätentiös gehaltenen Logbücher mit Atem raubender Faszination. In der Abfolge einer Fülle bildkräftig geschilderter Eindrücke und Erlebnisse erkennen wir auch die wachsende Erfahrung des Kapitäns in der Führung seiner Schiffe Endeavour, Resolution, Discovery und Adventure und ihrer Mannschaften. In ihrer epochalen Bedeutung, aber auch in ihrer abenteuerlichen Erlebnisfülle können die Reisen James Cooks durchaus in einem Atemzug mit den Fahrten des Columbus genannt werden.
James Cook's Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
"James Cook's Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World" in 2 volumes is an inspiring personal account of the second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, which was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south, and he charted almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia, yet Terra Australis was believed to lie further south. Alexander Dalrymple and others of the Royal Society still believed that this massive southern continent should exist. In the course of the voyage he visited Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti, the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palmerston Island, South Sandwich Islands, and South Georgia, many of which he named in the process. Cook proved the Terra Australis Incognita to be a myth and predicted that an Antarctic land would be found beyond the ice barrier.
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
"Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World" by James Cook. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World (Vol. 1&2)
"A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World" in 2 volumes is an inspiring personal account of the second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, which was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south, and he charted almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia, yet Terra Australis was believed to lie further south. Alexander Dalrymple and others of the Royal Society still believed that this massive southern continent should exist. In the course of the voyage he visited Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti, the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palmerston Island, South Sandwich Islands, and South Georgia, many of which he named in the process. Cook proved the Terra Australis Incognita to be a myth and predicted that an Antarctic land would be found beyond the ice barrier.
The Collected Works of Cook
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – 4778 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World • A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World • Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World • A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook by David Samwell • Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook by Andrew Kippis
Reis lõunapoolusele ja ümber maailma
James Cooki tuntus põhineb kolmel ümbermaailmareisil, mille ta sooritas aastatel 1768–1779. Cook uuris põhiliselt Vaikse ookeani saari (Hawaii, Uus-Meremaa ja paljusid teisi Polüneesia saari), Põhja-Ameerika rannikut, Austraalia idarannikut jne. Ta üritas avastada ka lõunamandrit ehk Antarktist, kuid see tal ei õnnestunud. Cook erineb enamikust tolleaegseist meresõitjaist oma väidetavalt inimlikuma iseloomu pärast. Ta ei olnud konkistadoor. Pärismaalaste vastu kasutas ta vägivalda vaid siis, kui muud võimalust ei olnud. Väidetavalt püüdis ta õpetada Polüneesia pärismaalastele kartulite ja sigade kasvatamist, et võõrutada neid kannibalismist. Cookist on loodud palju legende ja tema nimele kirjutatakse tihti avastusi, mis ei ole tema tehtud. Kuulsaim näide on Hawaii saared, mis on eurooplastele avastatud hoopis hispaanlaste poolt. Legendidele Cookist lisab loomulikult värvi tema traagiline surm Hawaii saartel 1779. aastal. Tõenäoliselt nägi tulevane meresõitja merd esimest korda umbes 15-aastasena, ehkki ta sünnikodu oli merest vaid kümnekonna kilomeetri kaugusel. Cookil ei olnud juhendajaid, ta oli iseõppija. Tal olid head teadmised astronoomiast, topograafiast, hüdrograafiast, navigatsioonist jms. Tõenäoliselt ei olnud tema teadmised väga põhjalikud, sest teoreetilist haridust mõnes mereväeakadeemias vms õppeasutuses polnud ta kunagi saanud. Tema haridustee piirdus mõne aastaga külakoolis. See-eest olid ta teadmised praktikule omaselt kindlad ja hästi omandatud. Cooki töid iseloomustab erakordne täpsus ja hoolikus. Tema koostatud kaarte Newfoundlandi ranniku kohta kasutati isegi 20. sajandi alguseni! Tavaliselt tuuakse Cooki merelemineku peapõhjusena välja tema armastust mere vastu. See võib muidugi tõsi olla, kuid tõenäolisem on see, et tal ei jäänud teist valikut. Nimelt oli ta tõsiselt tülli läinud oma tööandjaga. Cook töötas 1746. aastal Staithesi-nimelises kalurikülas poesellina. Tekkinud olukorrast ei näinud ta muud väljapääsu, kui pani end kirja laevapoisina Whitby-nimelises sadamalinnas. Seega algab Cooki meremehestaaž 17-aastasena.