The Death of Captain Cook.
by Kennedy, Gavin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0715609564
- ISBN 13
- 9780715609569
- Seller
-
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1978. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, map, minor edgewear jacket (flap price-clipped), cover corners lightly bumped, bookplates, edges & pages lightly toned. 103 pp. About the last two fatal days -13th and 14th February 1779 - of Captain Cook's life. The author has analysed afresh all the contemporary eyewitness accounts and has studied the terrain in Hawaii himself. He presents the story in a new light, examining step-by-step the incidents that followed Cook's decision, made in a fit of temper, to use force against the islanders and seize the Hawaiian king as hostage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27024
- Title
- The Death of Captain Cook.
- Author
- Kennedy, Gavin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715609564
- ISBN 13
- 9780715609569
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- biography, maritime, nautical, exploration, pacific, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME & NAUTICAL;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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