Captain Cook: Obsession and Betrayal in the New WorldCaptain Cook was a man making two journeys, one public and one personal, and their success and ultimate cataclysmic failure are intertwined. By the time he discovered Australia, the mythology around Cook had set fast. Its strength endured the fractures of an unheroic descent and violent death. |
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Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer Vanessa Collingridge No preview available - 2003 |
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