This "thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated" biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator (The Wall Street Journal).

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with bold adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain. While they raise important issues, many of these critical accounts overlook his major contributions to science, navigation and cartography.

In Captain Cook, Frank McLynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, McLynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas and nothing less than a titan. McLynn reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant yet tragically flawed man.

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• HistoryEuropeWesternGreat BritainGeorgian Era (1714-1837)
• HistoryWorldExpeditions & Discoveries
• Biographies & MemoirsTravel
• HistoryEuropeWesternUnited KingdomGeorgian Era (1714-1837)

• Publication Date: June 7, 2011
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 511 Pages
• File Size: 79 KB