Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 85 Kippis, Andrew 1725 1795 Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Stan Goodman, Cam Venezuela and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook" by A. Kippis is a historical account written in the late 18th century. This work chronicles the life and achievements of Captain James Cook, highlighting his three significant voyages that contributed extensively to exploration, geography, and navigation during a period when maritime exploration was of immense importance to imperial powers. The opening of the narrative presents a dedicatory letter to the King and a preface by the author, wherein Kippis reflects on Cook's accomplishments and the challenges he faced. The text sets the stage for a detailed biography that emphasizes Cook's rise from humble beginnings to becoming one of history's most celebrated navigators. It introduces readers to Cook's early life, including his apprenticeship and the development of his maritime skills that led him to the royal navy. This portion lays the groundwork for the forthcoming chapters, which will dive deeper into the monumental voyages Cook undertook across uncharted waters, as well as the scientific discoveries that emerged from these expeditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800 Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 G Text Australia New Zealand Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 981241 981123 2024-10-04T04:22:32.299069 2023-10-04T04:59:06.618520 text/html text/html 981234 981116 2024-10-04T04:22:32.941047 2023-10-04T04:59:06.848544 text/html text/html 453570 2024-10-04T04:22:45.982069 application/epub+zip 469015 2024-10-04T04:22:37.851010 application/epub+zip 418990 2024-10-04T04:22:35.794025 application/epub+zip 878289 2024-10-04T04:22:52.608932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 840342 2024-10-04T04:22:44.754984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607807 2022-09-04T07:16:52.935421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 948863 948796 2024-10-04T04:22:31.483065 2023-10-04T04:59:06.212602 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 948901 2020-12-30T20:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 336116 2020-12-30T20:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 949274 2020-12-30T20:42:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 336084 2020-12-30T20:42:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21921 2024-10-04T04:22:53.100937 application/rdf+xml 24494 2024-10-04T04:22:36.794048 image/jpeg 4575 2024-10-04T04:22:36.273021 image/jpeg 448534 2024-10-04T04:22:33.022041 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia