ABC Books Au Captain James Cook

This is a well written exciting biography of one of Europe's greatest explorers. The author details the early life path of Cook and how he moved from a common farm lad to the greatest explorer of the 1700s. The author brings the journeys to vivid life not just listing places discovered by Cook. While some terms and activities are technical in terms of sailing the reader can still follow the course of the trips and what takes place on the trips. An appendix at the end provides good explanation of sailing terms to help the reader. If there is one drawback to the paperback edition it is the illustration and maps. The layout of Cook's one ship has quite small print and lacks detail to fully grasp the view of the ship. And the few maps are cramped and a little hard to follow each of the three trips he undertook. The journeys are described in great detail, landmarks noted and named but can not be adequately placed by the reader. But overall a well written,interesting, and informative history.

I bought this for my husband who thoroughly enjoyed it. He said it is well written and very interesting.

A fantastic read hard to imagine all the things the sailors would have seen and experienced for the first time Cook was a outstanding man, brilliant book

Easy to read and very enjoyable. Bought as a gift for my husband who loved the style it was written in

A well-written narration of an important world-encompassing voyage done by Cook