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Nicandri, David L.

 
9780774862226: Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes
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ISBN 10: 077486222X ISBN 13: 9780774862226
Editorial: University of British Columbia Press, 2020

Sinopsis

Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to frame Captain James Cook's career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific achievements took place in the polar regions. Recognizing that Cook sailed more miles in the high latitudes of all of the world's oceans than in the tropical zone, this book gives due attention to his voyages in seas and lands usually neglected. David L. Nicandri acknowledges the cartographic accomplishments of the Australasian first voyage but focuses on the second- and third-voyage discovery missions near the poles, where Cook pioneered the science of iceberg and icepack formation. This ground-breaking book overturns an area of study that has been typically dominated by the "palm-tree paradigm" – resulting in a truly modern appraisal of Cook for the climate change era.

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David L. Nicandri is the former executive director of the Washington State Historical Society, where he served from 1987 until his retirement in 2011.

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Editorial
University of British Columbia Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
077486222X
ISBN 13 
9780774862226
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
448
Contacto del fabricante
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