Captain Cook

by Oliver Optic

Overview

Biography of Captain James Cook. Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149789498
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	07/07/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	361 KB

About the Author

Oliver Optic (a pseudonym for William Taylor Adams), was born in the town of Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, about twenty-five miles from Boston.