
The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World (Vol. 1-7) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Complete History of the Ground-breaking JourneyBy James Cook, Georg Forster, James KingLength102h 47m
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World gathers in seven volumes one of the eighteenth century's most influential bodies of travel writing, combining nautical record, ethnographic observation, natural history, and imperial encounter. Its narratives range from logbook precision to reflective description, charting the Pacific, Antarctic waters, and northwest American coast while recording encounters in Tahiti, New Zealand, Hawai'i, and beyond. Standout episodes—first landfalls, perilous ice navigation, and the dramatic final voyage—reveal both the ambition and the tensions of Enlightenment exploration. The contributing voices bring complementary authority to this monumental record: Cook's practical seamanship and disciplined observation, Forster's philosophically informed attention to peoples and environments, and King's continuation of the final voyage after Cook's death. Together, they reflect the scientific, maritime, and imperial currents of the Age of Enlightenment, when exploration served astronomy, cartography, commerce, and empire. Their varied perspectives illuminate not only distant geographies but also European methods of classifying, interpreting, and often misunderstanding the wider world. Readers seeking a foundational archive of global encounter will find this collection indispensable. It offers a rare opportunity to examine exploration literature across multiple expeditions, styles, and intellectual agendas, fostering dialogue among navigation, science, cultural description, and colonial history within a single, expansive work.
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GenreTravel, Literary Classics
Length102 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 11, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Travels of Marco Polo (Vol. 1&2)
26BOOK III. (pt. 1)
2Volume I
27BOOK III. (pt. 2)
3LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
28BOOK III. (pt. 3)
4INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST VOYAGE.
29BOOK IV. (pt. 1)
5BOOK I. (pt. 1)
30BOOK IV. (pt. 2)
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6BOOK I. (pt. 2)
31BOOK IV. (pt. 3)
7BOOK I. (pt. 3)
32Volume V
8BOOK I. (pt. 4)
33BOOK I. (pt. 1)
9BOOK II. (pt. 1)
34BOOK I. (pt. 2)
10BOOK II. (pt. 2)
35BOOK II. (pt. 1)
11Volume II
36BOOK II. (pt. 2)
12BOOK II.
37BOOK II. (pt. 3)
13BOOK III. (pt. 1)
38BOOK II. (pt. 4)
14BOOK III. (pt. 2)
39BOOK II. (pt. 5)
15BOOK III. (pt. 3)
40Volume VI
16BOOK III. (pt. 4)
41BOOK III. (pt. 1)
17BOOK III. (pt. 5)
42BOOK III. (pt. 2)
18Volume III
43BOOK III. (pt. 3)
19BOOK I. (pt. 1)
44BOOK III. (pt. 4)
20BOOK I. (pt. 2)
45BOOK IV. (pt. 1)
21BOOK I. (pt. 3)
46BOOK IV. (pt. 2)
22BOOK II. (pt. 1)
47BOOK IV. (pt. 3)
23BOOK II. (pt. 2)
48BOOK IV. (pt. 4)
24BOOK II. (pt. 3)
49Volume VII
25Volume IV
50BOOK V. (pt. 1)