Morriss, Roger.
Captain Cook and His Exploration of the Pacific. The story of Britain's most famous scientific navigator and his charting of the South Seas.
A Snapping-turtle guide, by Ticktock Publishing Ltd
1977.
ISBN 1-86007-032-9.

Its 32 pages may seem few, but its packed with more illustrations that many books twice its size; there are 6 on the cover alone and over 90 inside! Rather than a long narrative, the text is broken up into bite-size chunks increasing its appeal to those people not already smitten by our hero. Buy two: one to keep and one to give away to the person who doesn't understand "what all the fuss is about".

Ian Boreham

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1418, volume 20, number 3 (1997).