Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific by Geoffrey Blainey

Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific

Geoffrey Blainey

322 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. That Christma...

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