Ray Parkin

Here, in one accessible volume, is Ray Parkin's highly acclaimed and multi-award winning study of Captain James Cook's Endeavour. This incomparable book is a unique account of a great journey—Endeavour's voyage up the east coast of Australia in 1770—and a remarkable re-creation of the experience of being on board ship. Parkin draws on meticulous research to reveal what the Endeavour...

Original box set edition Ray Parkin, sailor, artist and author, set out in the 1970s to discover everything he could about Captain James Cook's Endeavour, one of the most famous ships in maritime history. The result is the most painstaking study of the ship ever undertaken and a unique account of a great journey—Endeavour's voyage up the east coast of...