Robson, John,  1949- <br/><br/>
Captain Cook's war and peace :  the Royal Navy years, 1755-1768 / 
John Robson. 
 - Barnsley [England] :  Seaforth Pub.,  2009. 
 - viii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Author works at the University of Waikato. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>Captain Cook's war, 1755-1762 -- Joining the Royal Navy, 1755 -- HMS Eagle, 1755-1757 -- HMS Solebay, 1757 -- HMS Pembroke, 1757-1758 -- Louisbourg, 1758 -- Surveyor, 1758 -- Quebec, 1759 -- HMS Northumberland, 1759-1761 -- St John's, newfoundland, 1762 -- Captain Cook's peace, 1763-1768 -- Newfoundland, 1763 -- Northern peninsula, 1764 -- South coast of Newfoundland, 1765 -- South-west coast of Newfoundland, 1766 -- West coast of Newfoundland, 1767 -- HMB Endeavour, 1768. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848320338 1848320337 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA942897  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015170943  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cook, James, 1728-1779. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. Royal Navy --Officers--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1700-1799 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Armed Forces--Officers.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G246.C7  / .R54