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Endeavour : the ship that changed the world / Peter Moore.

Summary:

"A history of the legendary ship Endeavour"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Endeavours of the mind
Part one: Life. Acorns
Part two: Trade. Enigmas
Cross currents
Mr. Birds ways
Land of liberty
Part three: Exploration. "
Take a trip in disguise"

Airy dreams
Perfect strangers
"
That rainbow serpent place"

Part four: War
360°
The frozen serpent of the south
The collier fleet
Ghosts
Epilogue: Endeavours.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780374148416
  • ISBN: 0374148414
  • Physical Description: 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"Originally published in 2018 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain, as Endeavour : the ship and the attitude that changed the world."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-363) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Endeavours of the mind
Part one: Life. Acorns
Part two: Trade. Enigmas
Cross currents
Mr. Birds ways
Land of liberty
Part three: Exploration. "Take a trip in disguise"
Airy dreams
Perfect strangers
"That rainbow serpent place"
Part four: War
360°
The frozen serpent of the south
The collier fleet
Ghosts
Epilogue: Endeavours.
Subject:
Endeavour (Bark) > History.
Great Britain. Royal Navy > History.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Endeavour (Ship)
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Navigation > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Navigation.
Great Britain.
Genre:
History.
Naval history.

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