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Book SynopsisThis first modern study to focus on James Cook’s polar adventures, Captain Cook Rediscovered introduces an entirely new explorer who is more at home along the edge of the polar ice packs than the Pacific’s sandy beaches.
Trade ReviewDavid Nicandri has ransacked the archives and libraries in order to demonstrate, which he fully does, his view that, although many have seen Cook as an explorer of the tropics, it is in icy wastes and choked channels that Cook was at his best as a careful navigator and observer. -- Barry Gough, Victoria, BC * BC Studies, Issue 209 *
Ambitious … courageous … [Nicandri] targets inconsistencies in the scholarly treatment of Cook's actions … an unquestionably strong book. -- Eric Oakley, Kennesaw State University * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *
David Nicandri's Introduction to this elegant volume summarises the arguments that he develops at length...few will change their minds entirely on reading Nicandri's arguments, but for many (including this reviewer) the book will make them look afresh at the well-worn accounts of Cook's three voyages. -- Glyn Williams * Cook's Log, Vol. 44 *
Captain Cook Rediscovered is an impressively researched book...There is no denying the quality of Nicandri's historical work. When read alongside the works of Ryan Tucker Jones and Bathsheba Demuth, this book proves essential in helping us better understand European exploration of the North Pacific. -- Michael A. Hill, The University of Kansas * Alaska History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part 1: Prequels
1 The North Sea and Canada
2 The Republic of Letters
3 The South Pacific
Part 2: A Frozen World
4 Toward the South Pole
5 The Limit of Ambition
6 Temporizing in the Tropics
7 Cook and Forster, on Ice
Part 3: A Third Voyage
8 An Ancient Quest: A New Mission
9 Southern Staging Grounds
10 Terra Borealis
11 Blink
12 Northern Interlude
13 Intimations of Mortality
Part 4: Sequels
14 Springtime in Kamchatka
15 Diminishing Returns
16 Seeding the Fur Trade on the Voyage Home
Conclusion
Notes; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Index
