HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805: Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar

by Peter Goodwin

The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook's famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific. This new book investigates why Cook was chosen to captain Endeavor and how he became uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration. Displaying much new research, it examines Cook's remarkable seamanship qualities and his surveying, astronomical, and cartographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591142539
• ISBN13: 9781591142539
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.0"