"Featuring Stamps Related to Cook's VoyagesPacific Images, in this, its second edition, presents the earliest illustrations and descriptions of Pacific peoples and cultures as they were observed and recorded on Captain James Cook’s third and final voyage (1776–1780) with HMS Resolution and Discovery. Reproduced are all 61 engraved plates from artist John Webber’s drawings, plus three maps published in the rare folio Atlas that accompanie ..."
"Pacific Images, in this, its second edition, presents the earliest illustrations and descriptions of Pacific peoples and cultures as they were observed and recorded on Captain James Cook's third and final voyage (1776-1780) with HMS Resolution and Discovery. Reproduced are all sixty-one engraved plates from artist John Webber's drawings, plus three maps published in the rare folio Atlas that accompanies the British governments's officia ..."
"-No man ever did more to alter and correct the map of the Earth, - writes Percy Adams in his new Introduction, than James Cook, the Scotland-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the then practically uncharted Pacific. His explorations of the eastern coastline of Australia, leading to its eventual British colonization; his thorough charting of New Zea ..."
"Excerpt from A Collection of Voyages Round the World, Performed by Royal Authrity, Vol. 2: Containing a Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken for Making New Discoveries, &CThe two {hips were -vi€tualled-and rprovided'with all manner of neceffaries for a three years voyage; among which were thefollowing extra articles '1. Malt, for. Fwe'et wort, defigned for thofe whofe habit of ' ..."
"The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18 ..."
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A Collection of Voyages Round the World Performed by Royal Authrity. Containing a Complete Historical Account Of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third ... ... To Which are Added Genuine Narratives Of by JamesCook Paperback, 478 Pages, Published 2018 by Palala Press ISBN-13: 978-1-379-24831-6, ISBN: 1-379-24831-0
"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..."
Memory Songs A Personal Journey Into the Music that Shaped the 90s: A Personal Journey Into the Music that Shaped the 90s by JamesCook 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-78352-523-2, ISBN: 1-78352-523-1
"I got to hear all kinds of odd bands in this way: the Del Fuegos (one great song: '
Nervous And Shaky'), the Jazz Butcher (no great songs, but one great title: 'Bath
Of Bacon'), and the Fuzztones (only great songs, especially '1-2-5', a demented ..."
"Excerpt from A New, Genuine, and Complete History of the Whole of Capt. Cook's Voyages: Undertaken and Performed by Royal AuthorityThe preparations for this important work have been fuitable to its inefiimable value, and our earnelt con cern for its credit; while wealth and fcience have united their powers for the purpofes Of public benefit. Many of the firft literary charaflers of the age have favoured us with their afliltance: not only ..."
A Collection of Voyages Round the World Performed by Royal Authrity. Containing a Complete Historical Account Of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third ... ... To Which are Added Genuine Narratives Of by JamesCook Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2018 by Palala Press ISBN-13: 978-1-379-24828-6, ISBN: 1-379-24828-0
"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..."
Memory Songs A Personal Journey into the Music that Shaped the 90s by JamesCook Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Unbound International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-78352-521-8, ISBN: 1-78352-521-5
"This is a story about how a music-obsessed boy went from his bedroom in Hitchin to the heart of nineties London as Britpop was about to explode... We follow James Cook from his early encounters with pop’s pioneers – Revolver heard for the first time, Led Zeppelin glimpsed on evening TV – through an adolescence where taste is everything, and friendships are forged on a mutual love for the Velvet Underground, to the high-stakes gamble of ..."