Captain Vancouver: North West Navigator de E.C. Coleman

History Press Limited, The, 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The History Press Ltd, 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean From Markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780752438924

Tempus, 2006-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Tight, clean, and unmarked-" When Captain Cook set out to seek a western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage, his instructions allowed him no more than the briefest contact with the coast of northwest America. The burden of that survey was to fall on George Vancouver, one of his midshipmen. Vancouver was sent with two ships to explore the coast and to claim land for Britain. His remarkably accurate survey of the coast was to set a standard that lasted over a century, and he returned with new lands discovered and the sovereignty of Hawaii in his pocket. He returned to a land at war and was soon forgotten in all but his native Kings Lynn. But his name has been immortalized on shores far from home. About the Author: E.C. Coleman was born in 1943 and entered the Royal Navy as a Junior 2nd Class. Thirty-six years later, having seen the world from the decks of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, he retired. During the 1990s he mounted three arctic expeditions in search of evidence of the fate of… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.