Captain Cook: Pacific Explorer

by Ronald Syme

Copyright 1960, hardcover, ex-library, 96 pages, with b/w illustrations throughout, a rare early edition. Born in Northern England in the eighteenth century, James Cook, one of nine children, learned the love of the sea. As a young boy he shipped out, and in 1767 was commissioned to explore the unknown waters of the Pacific. Not only are the nautical achievements of Captain Cook stressed, but his innovations in ship conditions --the humane treatment of his crew and the careful attention given to shipboard diet. Stressed, too, is the concern for the natives encountered and who finally dealt Cook his death blow." Library cardholder/stamps/notations inside with sticker taped to lower spine. Binding is secure.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome. His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of Roman political life in the period following the assassination of Julius Caesar.