A Voyage Towards the South Pole Vol. I (Conrad Anker - Essential History of Exploration & Mountaineering Series)

Journeys and Journals from the World's Great Explorers. In a new kind of "choose your own adventure," series, enjoy original accounts of 18th and 19th century pioneers that make up The Essential History of Exploration & Mountaineering. This unique historical collection is presented by Conrad Anker, a modern-day explorer whose own expeditions and adventures have spanned the globe. Written in a time before computers, GPS, and Wikipedia, these meticulous treatments of voyaging, mountaineering, and nature create a living image of what it is like to truly appreciate the unknown. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD VOLUME ONE In this first volume of Captain James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Cook introduces readers to the difficulty and excitement, detail and adventure of an 18th-century expedition. With only two ships and a crew of less than two hundred men, Cook sets off to discover the truth about rumors of a "southern continent," detailing the realities and hardships of a voyage before modern technology, and the beauty of undiscovered lands. With a foreword by Conrad Anker, this volume will immerse readers in the day-to-day details of operating a historic nautical expedition and is a fascinating study for scholars of navigation and seafaring. James Cook captained three voyages into the South Pacific in the mid to late 1800s, mapping uncharted territory in search of Antarctica. Conrad Anker is a modern-day explorer whose own expeditions and adventures have spanned the globe.