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The 100 Days That Mapped A Nation : A Commerative Edition Of Captain James Cook's Voyages To New Zealand And The South P
Hardback Edition: 1
October 2019 marks the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's first landfall in New Zealand. The One Hundred Days that Mapped a Nation celebrates this historic occasion by looking at Cook's intrepid journeys to New Zealand and the Pacific that were unprecedented for the time and had such far-reaching consequences.
His initial voyage on the Endeavour was focused on observing the transit of Venus to gather information to help with nautical navigation and as a result he had on board astronomer Charles Green, naturalists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander and laterartist William Hodges. This has left a legacy of first-hand accounts and artworks that bring alive the impressions of Cook and his crew, and what they experienced in their early encounters with the inhabitants and their reactions to the exotic landscape. Shipslogs, journal entries, maps and illustrations help to build a vivid portrait of the places and people encountered by Cook, recording his impressions and those of some of the talented men who accompanied him.
,p>It also looks at the challenges of the voyages, from preventing scurvy to finding adequate provisions. Highly illustrated with a lively but authoritative text by GraemeLay, this book is the definitive celebration of a remarkable achievement.In the 100 days Captain Cook spent here on three separate voyages he managed to charter the coastline of New Zealand, literally putting the country on the map.
Featured in the 10 July 2019 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 272
Publisher : New Holland
Publication date : 2019-09-15
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in New Zealand, New Zealand, NZ History