Resolution

by Peter Aughton

Book Overview

A year and a day after James Cook arrived back on English soil having claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British crown, he set sail again on a three-year journey (1772-1775) that still remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593600445
• ISBN13: 9781593600440
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cold Spring Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Well done

Peter Aughton's version of Cook's second world voyage is an invigorating, concise glimpse into this 18th century nautical genius. With sails fully open, the author takes us aboard the "Resolution" and its sister ship the "Adventure" below the Antarctic Circle, to New Zealand, several South Pacific islands including Tahiti, the Society and Friendly Islands and New Hebrides while all the time mapping, charting and adding valuable scientific data. Although many of the places during Cook's second voyage had been discovered earlier, his main purpose was to locate them specifically by longitude and latitude, which he did. At the time he journeyed further south than any explorer had before him. His observations of local cultures were insightful. Well written and fast paced.