Endeavour : the ship and the attitude that changed the world
Moore, Peter, 1983-2018
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The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. From Johnson's Dictionary to campaigns for liberty to schemes for measuring the dimensions of the solar system, Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects, undertaken at speed. 'Endeavour' was also the name given to a Whitby collier bought by the Royal Navy in 1768 for an expedition to the South Seas. A commonplace, coal-carrying vessel, no one could have guessed that Endeavour would go on to become the most significant ship in the history of British exploration. Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first great voyage, visiting Pacific islands unknown to European geography, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia and almost foundering on the Great Barrier Reef. But Endeavour has a secret history too.
Main title:
Endeavour : the ship and the attitude that changed the world / Peter Moore.
Author:
Moore, Peter, 1983-, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2018.
Collation:
420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784740900 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
623.8203623.82623.82 MOOR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2265513