Cook the Writer
Cook the Writer
Cook the Writer
Professor Beaglehole, world authority on Captain James Cook and on the history of Pacific discovery and exploration, sees the Endeavour voyage as having a double significance in Cook's life. Not only was it a 'Remarkable Occurrence' and an astonishing achievement, but it was also the last part of Cook's apprenticeship. An apprenticeship in, as well as mastery of, discovery; and it was an apprenticeship in reporting on discovery, for on that voyage Cook learnt how to shape his experience into words.
Emeritus Professor J. C. Beaglehole, OM, CMG, MA (N.Z.), PhD(Lond.), DLitt. (Oxon), Dlitt. (Sydney), was formerly Professor of British Commonwealth History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
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