Pacific Exploration: Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook to Charles Darwin

Nigel Rigby; Pieter van der Merwe; Glyn Williams

Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. Despite his ordinary roots, he rose through the ranks to become a remarkable officer. On May 27, 1768, Cook, then just a Royal Naval lieutenant, took command of HM bark Endeavour. Its voyage of exploration to the Pac...