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Giornali di Bordo nei Viaggi d'Esplorazione. Volume 1

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458 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

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British navigator James Cook, known as Captain Cook, commanded three major exploratory voyages to chart and to name many islands of the Pacific Ocean and also sailed along the coast of North America as far as the Bering Strait.

During circumnavigation of the globe from 1768 to 1771 with James Cook, Joseph Banks collected and cataloged numerous specimens of plants and animals.

James Cook, captain, visited Austral Islands in 1769 and 1777.

James Cook, fellow of the royal society, served as a cartographer in the Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making, and achieving the first recorded European contact with the eastern line of Australia and Hawaii and the record around New Zealand.

Cook joined the merchant as a teenager and joined the royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This mapping helped to bring Cook to the attention of the admiralty and royal society. This notice came at a crucial moment in career of Cook and in the overseas direction and led to his first commission in 1766 of His Majesty's bark Endeavour.

Cook went thousands of miles across large areas of the globe. From New Zealand, he mapped to Hawaii in greater detail and on a not previously achieved scale. He progressed on his discovery, surveyed features, and recorded lines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage, and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.

A fight with Hawaiians killed Cook. He left a scientific and geographical legacy to influence his successors well into the 20th century, and people dedicated numerous memorials worldwide.

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October 24, 2024
Non ha molto senso dare delle stelle di gradimento a un giornale di bordo, quindi non lo farò.

Ho letto l'edizione TEA Blu dei giornali di bordo e l'ho trovata ottima. I saggi, le introduzioni iniziali e le note sono state delle ottime guide.

Ero interessato al lato etnografico e paesaggistico del viaggio di Cook e non sono stato deluso. Nonostante a bordo vi fossero altri gentiluomini più istruiti e interessati a popoli, culture e natura, il capitano non manca di descrivere nel suo giornale ciò che vede e ciò che lo incuriosisce. Dove non arriva il suo interesse, arrivano in soccorso le note che spesso integrano con passaggi tratti dai resoconti del naturalista Banks.
Ovviamente si indugia molto su venti, latitudini, longitudini, declinazioni magnetiche ecc. e tutta una serie di tecnicismi nautici che solo un culture può apprezzare davvero, ma da un testo simile non mi aspettavo nulla di diverso.

Ho letto i giornali tenendo sotto mano l'app mappe ed è stato bellissimo seguire la rotta dell'Endeavour passo passo. Vedere sul satellite i luoghi di questa avventura incredibile, scoprire il perché dei nomi che hanno ricevuto e che ancora oggi sopravvivono (cape kidnappers, cape farwell, botany bay) è stato molto affascinante.
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