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James Cook examines the life and career of the British explorer and navigator James Cook. Peter FitzSimons explores the man behind Cook's voyages and his role in mapping parts of the world known to Europeans in the eighteenth century. The book places Cook's achievements within the wider circumstances of his expeditions and era. It provides a biographical account of a significant figure in exploration history.