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BOOK REVIEWS SUMMARISED BELOW
J.C. Beaglehole: Public intellectual, critical conscience. Doug Munro. 2012.
Tuhituhi: William Hodges, Cook’s Painter in the South Pacific. Laurence Simmons. 2011.
Better Conceiv’d than Describ’d: the life and times of Captain James King (1750-84), Captain Cook’s Friend and Colleague. Steve Ragnall. 2013
Sailing the Unknown: around the world with Captain Cook. Michael J. Rosen. 2012
Joseph Banks: a life. Patrick O‘Brian. 1987
Fish and Ships! Food on the voyages of Captain Cook. Captain Cook Memorial Museum. 2012.
Captain Cook of Royal Lineage. McGrath, Amy. 2011.
Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas. Anne Salmond. 2011
Schooner to the Southern Oceans: The Captain James Cook Bicentenary Voyage 1776-1976 George Cook 2011
The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758, Hugh Boscawen 2011
Surveyors of Empire. Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the making of the Atlantic Neptune. Hornsby, Stephen J. 2011
Holophusicon: The Leverian Museum. Kaeppler, Adrienne. 2011
Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist Finnis, Bill. 2003
Captain Cook: master of the seas McLynn, Frank. 2011
Tupaia: Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator Druett, Joan. 2010
Intimate Strangers: Friendship, Exchange and Pacific Encounters Smith, Vanessa. 2010
Islanders: The Pacific in the age of Empire Thomas, Nicholas. 2010
Captain James Cook In Atlantic Canada: The Adventurer & Map Maker's Formative Years. Lockett, Jerry. 2010
Aphrodite's Island: The European discovery of Tahiti Salmond, Anne. 2010
Discovering Cook's Collections 2009
Captain Cook Sailing off the Map Scutt, Craig. 2008
Constructing Colonial Discourse: Captain Cook at Nootka Sound Currie, Noel Elizabeth. 2005
Exploration and Endeavour: The Royal Society of London and the South Seas 2010
Captain Cook and the Endeavour Lefroy, Mike. 2010
Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific Delaney, John. 2010
Observations Made During A Voyage Round the World Forster, Johann Reinhold. (Edited by Nicholas Thomas Harriet Guest and Michael Dettelbach) 1996
A Nautical Odyssey: an illustrated maritime history from Cook to Shackleton Bell, David C. 2010
Northward Ho! A voyage towards the North Pole 1773: catalogue to the exhibition at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum Captain Cook Memorial Museum. 2010
Memories of Stewart Park Gallagher, Linda. 2010
A Voyage Round the World Forster, George. (Edited by Nicholas Thomas and Oliver Berghof, assisted by Jennifer Newell.) 2000
The Journey of Anders Sparrman: a biographical novel Wästberg, Per. 2010
Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail Bown, Stephen R. 2003
Illustrated Catalogue. Australia, Captain Cook Bicentenary 2009
A Narrative of Captain Cook's Three Voyages Kippis, Andrew. 1838 (first published 1788)
Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699-1839. Gurney, Alan. 2007 (first published 1997)
The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779 Grenfell Price, A. 2009
James Cook und die Entdecking der Südsee Edited by H. E. Bödeker, Chr. Feest, B. Hauser- Schäublin, R. Joppien, A. L. Kaeppler, G. Krüger. 2009
James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific (English language edition). 2009
Captain Cook's War and Peace: the Royal Navy years, 1755-1768 Robson, John. 2009
Captain Cook Was Here Nugent, Maria. 2009
Wapping 1600-1800: a social history of an early modern London Maritime suburb Morris, Derek and Cozens, Ken. 2009
Cook and Canada: A Reputation in the Making Captain Cook Memorial Museum. 2009
Bis ans Ende der Meere Hartmann, Lukas. 2009
Pacific Images: Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyage. Second Edition Nordyke, Eleanor C. 2008
Captain Cook in Alaska and the North Pacific Barnett, James K. 2008
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and his rivals Blainey, Geoffrey. 2008
Cook's Endeavour Journal: the inside story National Library of Australia. 2008
Polynesian Art: Histories and Meanings in Cultural Contexts Little, Stephen and Ruthenberg, Peter. 2006
Madness, betrayal and the Lash: the Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver Bown, Stephen. 2008
The Pacific Arts of Polynesia & Micronesia Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2008
The Death of Captain Cook: a hero made and unmade Williams, Glyn. 2008
Smoking Coasts and Ice-bound Seas: Cook's voyage to the Arctic Captain Cook Memorial Museum. 2008
In Search of Captain Cook: exploring the man through his own words O'Sullivan, Dan. 2008
The Making of John Ledyard: empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler Gray, Edward G. 2007
Empire, Barbarism, and Civilisation: Captain Cook, William Hodges, and the return to the Pacific Guest, Harriet. 2007
Reise um die Welt: Illustriert von eigener Hand Forster, Georg. 2007
Joseph Banks and the British Museum: the world of collecting, 1770-1830 Chambers, Neil. 2007
Life in the Pacific of the 1700s: the Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Göttingen. Exhibition Guide Little, Stephen and Ruthenberg, Peter. 2006
Captain Cook - Voyager between worlds Gascoigne, John. 2007
Cook, The Discoverer Forster, George. 2007
Limeys. The true story of one man's war against Ignorance, the Establishment and the deadly Scurvy Harvie, David I. 2002
The Death of Captain Cook and other writings by David Samwell Fitzpatrick, Martin , Thomas, Nicholas and Newell, Jennifer. 2007
On Cook's Trail: a holiday history of Captain Cook in New Zealand Darkin, John. 2007
Ledyard: in search of the first American explorer Gifford, Bill. 2007
The Transit of Venus. How a Rare Astronomical Alignment Changed the World Awa Press. 2007
Mile End Old Town 1740-1780. A social history of an early modern London suburb Morris, Derek. 2007
Hunt for the Southern Continent Edwards, Philip. 2007
Avoid Exploring With Captain Cook! Bergin, Mark. 2006
A Life of J.C. Beaglehole: New Zealand scholar Beaglehole, Tim. 2006
The Parsons Collection: rare Pacific voyage books from the collection of David Parsons - Part 2 2006
Captain James Cook The Explorer: an historical and philatelic review Floyd, Professor Barry. 2006
The Conjuror's Bird Davies, Martin. 2005
The Arch of Kerguelen Kauffmann, Jean-Paul. 2000
Cook's Pacific Encounters: The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen National Museum of Australia. 2006
Captain Cook in Cleveland Thornton, Cliff. 2006
Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860 Hooper, Steven. 2006
Pacific Paradises. The Discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii Lummis, Trevor. 2005
Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World Richardson, Brian W. 2005
Buccaneers, Explorers and Settlers: British Encounters and Enterprise in the Pacific, 1670-1800 Williams, Glyndwr. 2005
The Fatal Voyage: Captain Cook's Last Great Journey Aughton, Peter. 2005
The Sea has no end: the life of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville Suthren, Victor. 2004
Storms and dreams. Louis de Bougainville: soldier, explorer, statesman Dunmore, John. 2005
Captain Cook Levene, Rebecca. 2005
Omai. The Prince Who Never Was Connaughton, Richard. 2005
The Last Voyage of Captain Cook: The Collected Writings of John Ledyard Zug, James. 2005
American Traveler: The life and adventures of John Ledyard - the man who dreamed of walking the world Zug, James. 2005
Endeavour: Newfound Notes Beagrie, Bob. 2004
William Hodges, 1744-1797: the Art of Exploration Quilley, Geoff and John Bonehill. 2004
Captain Cook: Explorations and Reassessments Williams, Glyndwr. 2004
The Forsters and The Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772-1775) Nicolson, Dan H. and F. Raymond Fosberg. 2004
The Captain Cook Encyclopædia Robson, John. 2004
Curiosities from the Endeavour: A forgotten collection - Pacific Artefacts Given by Joseph Banks to Christ Church, Oxford after the First Voyage Coote, Jeremy. 2004
Australian Navigators Tiley, Robert. 2002
James King R.N.: Captain Cook Is Killed But His Third Voyage Of Discovery Goes On Bolton King, John. 2004
Sharks that walk on land Palmer, Ron. 2003
The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794. The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Vol. II. Panama to the Philippines. 2003
The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794. The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Vol. I. Cadiz to Panama. 2001
The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1767-1768 (edited by John Dunmore) Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de. 2002
Resolution: Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery Aughton, Peter. 2004
Le mûrier et l'épée: le Cabinet de Charles Daniel de Meuron et l'origine du Musée d'ethnographie à Neu-châtel Kaehr, Roland. 2000
Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook Thomas, Nicholas. 2003
The Trial of The Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas Salmond, Anne. 2003
Concerning Cook Stamp, Cordelia. 2003
The Encyclopaedia of Exploration to 1800 Howgego, John. 2002
Walking in Captain Cook's Footsteps Beadle, J. Brian. 2003
Captain Cook in the Pacific Rigby, Nigel and van der Merwe, Peter. 2002
Mile End Old Town 1740-1780 Morris, Derek. 2002
The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage Baker, Simon. 2002
Blue Latitudes: boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before Horwitz, Tony. 2002
Medicine Under Sail Friedenberg, Zachary B. 2002
HM Bark Endeavour. The Ship. The Replicas Whitworth, Alan. 2002
Mrs Cook: The real and imagined life of the captain's wife Day, Marele. 2002
Captain Cook Collingridge, Vanessa. 2002 and 2003
Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique, les: manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie 1804-05, after a design by Jean-Gabriel Charvet
Cook & Omai: the cult of the South Seas. An Exhibition held in the Exhibition Gallery of the National Library of Australia, Canberra from 15 February to 27 May 2001
Farther than any man: the rise and fall of Captain James Cook Dugard, Martin. 2001
Stowaway Hesse, Karen. 2000
Captain Cook's World: Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R.N. Robson, John. 2000
Kurnell: Birthplace of Modern Australia Salt, Daphne F. 2000
The Search for the North West Passage Savours, Ann. 1999
Time Under Sail Varzeliotis, A.N.T. 199?
On Stormy Seas: The Triumphs and Torments of Captain George Vancouver Gillespie, B. Guild. 1992
The Legacy of James Cook: The story of the Bay of Islands Harley, Brian J.S. 199?.
Pacific Empires: Essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams Frost, Alan and Samson, Jane. 1999
Cook's sites: revisiting history Adams, Mark and Thomas, Nicholas. 1999
The Adventurous Captain Cook: the life and voyages of James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. Snowden, Keith. 1999
The Voyages of Captain Cook Barrow, John. 1999
The Journals of Captain Cook Edwards, Philip. 1999
Endeavour: the story of Captain Cook's first great epic voyage Aughton, Peter. 1999
Voyages of Captain James Cook 1999
Pacific Images, Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyage Nordyke, Eleanor. 1999
Endeavour. A photographic journey Polden, Richard. 1998
Captain Cook as a hydrographer McGrath, Amy. 1998.
Giornali di Bordo nei Viaggi d'Esplorazione. Volume primo: il Viaggi dell' Endeavour 1768-1771; Volume secondo: Il Viaggi della Resolution e dell'Adventure 1772-1775 Marenco, Franco. 1994
James Cook. Reinbeck bei Hamburg Emersleben, Otto. 199?
Die Reisen des Kapitan Cook Marc, Pierre. 199?
Odyssee de James Cook en Nouvelle-Caledonie Picazo, Antoine. 1996
The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages. Volume Three: the Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780 David, Andrew. 1997
James Cook: gifts and treasures from the South Seas. The Cook / Forster Collection, Gottingen Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta and Kruger, Gundolf. 1998
The Illustrated Longitude (The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time) Sobel, Dava and Andrewes, William J.H. 1998
A New Voyage Round the World Dampier, William. 1998
Fellowship of Three Beasley, A.W. 1993.
Captain James Cook - freemason? Clemens, Roy H. 1980
Mr. Bligh's Bad Language Dening, Greg. 1992
King George's Bark Endeavour. The Whitby-built ship in which James Cook R.N. circumnavigated the globe from 26th August 1768 1997
The Voyage of the Endeavour Waters, Colin. 1997
Captain Cook and His Exploration of the Pacific. The story of Britain's most famous scientific navigator and his charting of the South Seas Morriss, Roger. 1977
Captain James Cook Endeavours Rae, Julia. 1997
His Majesty's Bark Endeavour. The story of the ship and her people Macarthur, Antonia. 1997
Endeavour. Souvenir brochure Macarthur, Antonia and Longley, John. 1997
The Replica of H M Bark Endeavour. The story so far: 1987-1994 Lefroy, Mike
The Voyages of Captain Cook 1768-1779 Williams, Glyndwr. 1997
The Lovtsov Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean Black, Lydia T. 1991
H.M Bark Endeavour: her place in Australian History with an account of her construction, crew and equipment and a narrative of her voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the year 1770 Parkin, Ray. 1997
Nature's Argonaut, Daniel Solander 1733-1782 Duyker, Edward. 1998
Children's Captain Cook Stamp, Cordelia. 1997
Captain Cook's Christmas Pudding Van Rynbach, Iris. 1997
Between worlds: early exchanges between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815 Salmond, Anne. 1997
Captain James Cook - freemason? Clemens, Roy H. 1980
Captain Cook: the great ocean explorer Middleton, Haydn. 1997
The Archaeology of East Marton: Captain Cook's Birthplace Rowe, Peter. 1998
An Introduction to Thematic Collecting Morris, Margaret. 1998
In the wake of Captain Cook: The life and times of Captain Charles Clerke, R.N. 1741-79 Cowley, Gordon and Deacon, Les. 1997
Captain Cook Gould, Rupert T. 1978
Voyages to Paradise; exploring in the wake of Captain Cook Gray, William R. 1981
Voyages to Paradise; exploring in the wake of Captain Cook Gray, William R. 1981
Far as a Man may go; Captain Cook's New Zealand Maddock, Shirley and Whyte, Don. 1969
Land from the Masthead; a circumnavigation of New Zealand in the wake of Captain Cook Houghton, Philip. 1968
The Golden Haze; with Captain Cook in the South Pacific Cameron, Roderick. 1964
Sydney Parkinson: Artist of Cook's Endeavour Voyage Carr, D. J. 1983
A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in HMS Endeavour Parkinson, Sydney. 1984
The Captain Cook Myth Robertson, Jillian. 1981
Captain Cook's approach to Oregon Elliott, T. C. 1974
James Cook in Newfoundland, 1762 - 1767 Whiteley, William H. 1975
Turanganui a Kiwa, Landfall 1993
The Endeavour: A Collector's Souvenir Allan, Harriet B. 1995
Sailing Endeavour Petroff, Peter and Ferguson, John. 1994
Aboard Endeavour Stannard, Bruce. 1995
Captain Cook's Endeavour Marquardt, Karl Heinz. 1995 and 2001
The Endeavour: a haunting tale Whelan, Edna. 1995
Longitude (The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time) Sobel, Dava. 1995
Discovery and Exploration Hordern House. 1998
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