BOOKS - HISTORY - Первое кругосветное плавание
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Первое кругосветное плавание
Author: Джеймс Кук
Year: 2014
Format: FB2
File size: 26,7 MB
Language: RU
Year: 2014
Format: FB2
File size: 26,7 MB
Language: RU
The British Empire has long been famous for its sailors and naval commanders, dashing pirates and battle admirals: Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, William Dampier, Horatio Nelson, Henry Hudson, William Baffin, Matthew Flinders... you can't count everyone. But undoubtedly the greatest of them is Captain James Cook (1728-1779). In just ten and a half years (1768-1779), James Cook circled the globe three times, discovered hundreds of islands, among them the pearl - Hawaii, and "closed" one mythical continent - the Southern mainland. He was the first - moreover, five times - crossed the South Arctic Circle, marked the beginning of the colonization by the British Empire of New Zealand, Australia and many other territories.