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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 qua
Captain Cook's War and Peace
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Pages: 216
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Categories: International relations
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In a period when who you were and who you knew counted for more than ability, James Cook, through his own skills and application, rose up through the ranks of t
The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758
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Pages: 390
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty ye
Captain Professor
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Authors: Michael Howard
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08-26 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Awarded the Military Cross in the Second World War, the author recounts how between battles he befriended the young film director Franco Zefirelli. His account
Farther Than Any Man
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Martin Dugard
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James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the hallowed rank of captain of th