James Cook offers a concise illustrated account of the eighteenth-century navigator whose three Pacific voyages transformed European knowledge of the world. Written for general readers and secondary students, Thea Stanley Hughes traces Cook’s rise from modest beginnings through naval service, surveying work and command of expeditions that mapped coastlines with remarkable accuracy. The book follows his encounters across the Pacific, including New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia, while placing his achievements within the demands and assumptions of his era. It also considers the discipline, scientific observation and seamanship behind voyages that travelled immense distances under difficult conditions. Accessible and focused, this short biography introduces a complex historical figure whose journeys had lasting consequences for exploration, cartography and Indigenous peoples throughout the Pacific.
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