Author(s): Nigel Rigby et al

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The figure of Captain Cook understandably dominates the story of Pacific exploration, but one of the effects of his fame has been that the many voyages of science and exploration following him to the Pacific have not received the attention they have deserved, especially in Britain. Pioneers of the Pacific aims to correct this imbalance through the voyages of exploration that continued Cook

2005. A fine copy with a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. The d/w is also fine.