The fatal impact
Subtitle: Captain Cook's exploration of the South Pacific - its high adventure and disastrous effects
By: Alan Moorehead
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780760719831
Copyright date: 1966
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Discovery and exploration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Tahiti : The landfall ; Venus observed ; The noble savage ; The familiarity ; Arcady reformed ; Nevermore; title: II. Australia : Botany Bay ; Australia observed ; The Aborigines ; The settlement ; The spreading out ; The acclimatization; title: III. The Antarctic : The resolution ; The bloodstained ice.