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Magnificent Voyage: An American Adventurer on Captain James Cook's Final Expedition
236 pp.
| Holiday |
December, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-8234-1575-9$$22.95
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4-6
Using the diary kept by one of the seamen on Captain Cook's final, disastrous voyage, Lawlor describes the places visited and the details of life on board a ship. Reproductions of drawings done by the ship's crew illustrate the pages, as do maps documenting the ship's journey. Several appendixes and notes complete the overlong text. Bib., glos., ind.