Summer 2018
Captain Cook’s Final Voyage: The Untold Story from the Journals of James Burney and Henry Roberts
Edited by James K. Barnett
WSU Press: 2017
The British Navy was outfitting ships for war against the upstart American colonies when Captain James Cook sailed from Plymouth Harbor in July 1776 for his third and final voyage. The mariner sought the elusive Northwest Passage via the west coast of North America, but the ensuing three-and-a-half-year expedition didn’t turn out as planned.
Much has been written about Cook, particularly … » More …