Tupaia, Isaac & Cook, the search for 'The Great South Land', Mark Wilson
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Tupaia, Isaac & Cook, the search for 'The Great South Land', Mark Wilson
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non fiction
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Tupaia, Isaac & Cook
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bibliography
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Mark Wilson
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the search for 'The Great South Land'
Summary
When Isaac Smith signs on to sail with James Cook to the Pacific, he meets and befriends a master navigator called, Tupaia, one of the most remarkable characters in history. Tupaia helps guide the Endeavour through the Pacific as James Cook undertakes a secret mission for the British Admiralty, to search for the legendary 'Great South Land'. The journey ultimately proves to be both heroic and tragic, changing forever the lives of allot board and many people throughout the Pacific
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Tupaia, Isaac and Cook
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- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature
- Raiatea (French Polynesia) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Creative nonfiction
- Tupaia, -1770 -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Discoveries in geography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature
- Tahitians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nonfiction
- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Juvenile literature
- Smith, Isaac, 1753-1831 -- Juvenile literature
- Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
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- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature
- Raiatea (French Polynesia) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Creative nonfiction
- Tupaia, -1770 -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Discoveries in geography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature
- Tahitians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nonfiction
- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Juvenile literature
- Smith, Isaac, 1753-1831 -- Juvenile literature
- Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
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- Author1
- Illustrator1