Voyages of Discovery - Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific by Lynne Withey
$20.00 NZD
Category: Pacific | Reading Level: very good
Captain Cook's War and Peace - The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 by John Robson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768? As this new book shows, by that date he had become supremely and uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration. This was a period when who you were and who you knew counted for more than ability, but Cook, thro ...Show more
Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada - The Adventurer and Map Maker's Formative Years by Jerry Lockett
$25.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
The skills, knowledge and experience that took Captain James Cook to the South Seas and around the world seemed to come out of nowhere. In fact, as author Jerry Lockett has discovered, their foundation was laid during the time he spent in Atlantic Canada. His experiences on Canada's east coast and the n ...Show more
In Search of Captain Cook - Exploring the man through his own words by Dan O'Sullivan
$16.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
Pacific Sail - Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific by Roger Morris
$40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
Highly detailed and accurate paintings and illustrations, representing a wide selection of sailing ships that plied the Pacific over four centuries; most of which are in full-color; each vessel is realistically depicted and accompanied by extensive text.
Atlantic Sail - Ten Centuries of Ships in the North Atlantic by Roger Morriss
$25.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Reading Level: very good
Beyond the Edge of the Sea - Sailing with Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, the Vikings, and Other Explorers of the Ancient World by Mauricio Obregon
$10.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
The story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer's tales of Ulysses are among the greatest ancient epics, but are they merely nautical legends or true stories? Mauricio Obreg n has combed through classical texts, focusing on the smallest details, and with his intimate knowledge of historical navigation, b ...Show more
The Life of Captain James Cook by J C Beaglehole
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
The Last Voyage of Captain Cook - The collected writings of John Ledyard by John Ledyard; James Zug (ed.)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
John Ledyard, the man who dreamed of crossing the United States on foot 20 years before Lewis and Clark, who salled with Captain Cook, formed a fur-trading company with John Paul Jones, and explored Russian Siberia at a time when it was a vast blank marked "unknown" on the map is perhaps the greatest an ...Show more
Maritime Power - Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851 by Peter Padfield
$12.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: good-very good
In the history of warfare at sea, no era can match the glory of the Nelson era, during which Britain gained supremacy over her rival, Napoleonic France, in the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805, and after which she was to find a new rival, the young United States, in the War of 1812. With keen insight into th ...Show more
Gazetteer of Sydney Shipping 1788-1840 by Ian Hawkins Nicholson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Shipping | Series: Roebuck Series | Reading Level: very good
Captain Cook, RN - The Resolute Mariner - An International record of Ocean Discovery by Thomas Vaughan; C. M. Murray-Oliver
$15.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good