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When Captain Cook died on Hawaii in 1780, Britain was already at war with France and Spain, who had allied themselves with her rebellious American subjects. The new United States secured its independence in 1783 and, as peace resumed, all three rival European powers turned again to considering the opportunities revealed by Cook's work in the Pacific. Further expeditions were soon dispatched: some were successful, some disasterous, and the achi...

The achievements of Captain Cook as well as those of subsequent Pacific explorers who have existed in Cook's shadow such as Bligh, Vancouver and Flinders are presented in vivid detail and scientific, historical and political context in this illustrated guide to an exciting period in human discovery.