Far Voyager (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Lee Latham
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1736–1779
- Setting: Yorkshire, Newfoundland, London, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Oregon, Alaska, and the Pacific Ocean
- Principal Characters: James Cook, John Walker, Captain Hugh Palliser, Elizabeth Cook, Isaac, Sir Joseph Banks, Omai, Palea
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Voyages, Science or scientists, Eighteenth century, Ships, Biography, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Exploration or explorers
- Locales: London, England, Oceans, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Newfoundland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Yorkshire, England, Tahiti
Form and Content
Jean Lee Latham’s Far Voyager: The Story of James Cook provides a biography of a remarkable man as well as a history of British naval exploration of the Pacific Ocean in the eighteenth century. A driving force behind Cook’s voyages was the eighteenth century’s passion for applied science, such as the collection of facts about plants, global geography, and astronomy. The driving forces behind Cook himself were his restless intelligence, his capacity for hard work, his tolerance, and his passionate scientific curiosity. In twenty-four short...
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