{"product_id":"the-endeavour-journals-john-macdonald-9781399064095","title":"The Endeavour Journals: Captain Cook in Australia","description":"In 1770 \u003ci\u003eH.M. Bark Endeavour\u003c\/i\u003e arrived in New Holland, Australia, the 'Continent of Smoke'. On board were Lieutenant James Cook, gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks, natural history artist Sydney Parkinson, and Midshipman James Magra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this book combines the journals of these men to present a single, cohesive narrative that brings the story to life as never before. The journals are complimented by over 300 images, including charts, costal profiles, plans of harbors, and many original drawings executed during the voyage of the animals, people and landscape unique to the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the many titles that are available concerning Cook and his voyaging, few focus on Cook's New Holland experience. Most commonly these titles are interpretative accounts, and heavily weighted with the author's opinion. However, here the story of New Holland is told in the words of the explorers themselves, containing first hand accounts of all the elements of drama, risk and first discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing particularly on the contact with the Indigenous people and how they were first described by Europeans, this is an adaption of the discovery story made accessible to the general reader as well as the historian, without compromising the integrity of the original document.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese adventurers were men of their own time, constrained by the common beliefs that fashioned the lives of people two hundred and fifty years ago. If some of their words sit uncomfortably with current thinking, we should remind ourselves that some of our own beliefs and actions, might similarly be thought beyond the pale by future generations, and that we too may find ourselves the target of criticism from those who come after us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John MacDonald, Clare MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399064096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399064095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"John MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482637590783,"sku":"9781399064095","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8f5c4ab-af6a-4a31-828f-2e9699e48c9f.jpg?v=1715999112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-endeavour-journals-john-macdonald-9781399064095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}