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100 1 _aRobson, John,
_d1949-
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrGv3kQC437tDwWqwRh73
245 1 0 _aCaptain Cook's war and peace :
_bthe Royal Navy years, 1755-1768 /
_cJohn Robson.
260 _aBarnsley [England] :
_bSeaforth Pub.,
_c2009.
300 _aviii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
500 _aAuthor works at the University of Waikato.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
505 0 _aCaptain 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.
520 _aWhy 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.
600 1 0 _aCook, James,
_d1728-1779.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bRoyal Navy
_xOfficers
_vBiography.
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650 7 _aArmed Forces
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_0(OCoLC)fst00814617
655 7 _aBiographies.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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