Captain Cook Alistair Maclean Harpercollins Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

On The 250Th Anniversary Of Captain Cook’s Successful Navigation To Coast Australia This Is Alistair Maclean’s Absorbing Story One Britain’s Great National Heroes From His Obscure Beginnings Sudden And Violent Death At Age Fifty-One When James Cook Was Hacked By Hawaiian Islanders 14 February 1779 He Already Considered Greatest Explorer Born In Obscurity But Gripped A Boundless Passion For New Horizons Became Combination Seaman Navigator Cartographer That World Had Ever Known Still Driven Himself Mercilessly Men Likewise Yet Surgeon’s Mate Resolution Able Write: ‘In Every Situation Stood Unrivalled Alone Him All Eyes Were Turned Our Leading Star Which Its Setting Left Us Involved Darkness Despair’ Between 1768 Circumnavigated Globe Three Times Voyages Discovery Broke Record After Exploration Endurance Personal Achievement Explored Charted Coasts Zealand Landed Botany Bay Pacific Mapped Islands Travelled Further South Than Any Man Before Barrier Reef Thousands Miles North Tackle North-West Passage Excelled Aspects Craft Inspired An Affection Enthusiasm Undertakings Provoked Constant Loyalty Unfailing Endeavour Frequently Savage Conditions Maclean Presents Graphic Lively Account Amazing Adventures Befell Crews Ships Lands Until Sailed Many Cases Unknown Life Resounding Success It Thrilling Exemplification Own Description As ‘Who Ambition Not Only Go Farther Anyone Done Far Possible Go’ Σελίδες: 192 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm