Tales from the Captain’s Log: From Captain Cook to Charles Darwin, Blackbeard and Nelson - Accounts of Great Events at Sea from Those Who Were There
Year: 2017 Language: english Author: The National Archives Genre: History Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical ISBN: 9781472948663, 9781472948670 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 322 Description: For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered. Entries range from Captain James Cook's notes of his discovery of the South Pacific and Australia, to logs of the great naval battles, such as Trafalgar and the Battle of the Nile. From the ships that attempted to stop piracy in the Caribbean, to the surgeons who recorded the health of the men they tended and naturalists who noted the exotic plants and animals they encountered, comes a fascinating picture of life at sea, richly illustrated with maps, drawings and facsimile documents found alongside the logs in the archives.
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Tales from the Captain’s Log: From Captain Cook to Charles Darwin, Blackbeard and Nelson - Accounts of Great Events at Sea from Those Who Were There
Language: english
Author: The National Archives
Genre: History
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
ISBN: 9781472948663, 9781472948670
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 322
Description: For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered.
Entries range from Captain James Cook's notes of his discovery of the South Pacific and Australia, to logs of the great naval battles, such as Trafalgar and the Battle of the Nile. From the ships that attempted to stop piracy in the Caribbean, to the surgeons who recorded the health of the men they tended and naturalists who noted the exotic plants and animals they encountered, comes a fascinating picture of life at sea, richly illustrated with maps, drawings and facsimile documents found alongside the logs in the archives.
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