Volume III, Part 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780
by
J.C. Beaglehole
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Captain James Cook’s first two voyages of exploration, in 1768-71 and 1772-75, had drawn the modern map of the South Pacific Ocean and had opened the door on the discovery of Antarctica. These expeditions were the subject of Volumes I and II of Dr J.C. Beaglehole’s edition of Cook’s Journals....