Tag Archives: The Voyages of the Endeavour

Monday’s Tutorial

I thought of a way of promoting pubs last week similar to Ding Ren’s One to One. Beer mats cut into the shapes of islands Captain James Cook discovered, and placed on their brewery sites on a map of Yorkshire. … Continue reading

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Of Captain James Cook

Hannah More’s poem of her contemporary: Had those advent’rous spirits, who explore Through ocean’s trackless wastes, the far sought shore, Whether of wealth insatiate, or of power, Conquerors who waste, or ruffians who devour: Had these possess’d, O Cook! thy … Continue reading

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Alan Frost’s The Voyages of the Endeavour

Pondering the thought of a Captain James Cook-based collection of work, I borrowed this book a few days ago. I had two choices at the library: One, a biography of Cook. The blurb started with the shouty Cook didn’t discover … Continue reading

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