The Tasman
Subtitle: biography of an ocean
By: Neville Peat
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010
Place of publication: North Shore, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780143011385
Description: I had the ambition to not only go as far as anyone had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go. Lieutenant James Cook, 1771 The mighty Tasman Sea casts a spell on all who venture into it. Here, for the first time, is a book that tells its remarkable life story, from its early origins to the multi-layered human experience of it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-234) and index.