A history of James Cook's three cartographic and astronomical voyages to the antipodes and New Zealand in particular.  Biographies of the scientists who accompanied Cook are followed by an extesnive chapter on the instruments used - telescopes, sextants, quadrants, chronometers, and portable observation tents.  Includes photographs, maps and a lengthy bibliography.  Large paperback.  130 pages.  Two small scratches to cov er, otehrwise in very good clean condition.  Cat No 4696e