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(More customer reviews)John Robson's Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 is a delight for James Cook enthusiasts and British Naval historians alike. As far as I am aware, up until now (nearly 300 years after the birth of the great explorer and cartographer) all of the numerous publications dealing with Cook brush over the years from his birth until about his 39th year, when he was appointed by the Navy to go to Tahiti to take some astronomical readings, and sail south to search for the fabled "Southern Continent", until his death about 10 years later. (The possible exception to this rule might be the noted biography by J.C. Beaglehole 1974). Now Robson has written a beautifully researched work that he has divided into 2 two sections: Captain Cook's War (roughly coinciding with what is usually known as the Seven Years' War) which follows Cook's professional naval career, beginning with his volunteering to join the Royal Navy in 1755 and following his steps as a warrant officer on various ships, serving under various masters and captains and learning skills both naval and cartographical at an amazing rate. The second section, Captain Cook's Peace, sees Cook applying these skills, at projects such as the mapping of hitherto unknown areas such as the tortuous coastline of Newfoundland, until his reputation brought him to the notice of the British admiralty, which appointed him to the three great voyages of exploration that brought him to the world's notice. Highly recommended for its research and style to Cook scholars and naval historians alike.
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