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Meet...Captain Cook
North Sydney
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Random House Australia
,
2013
6188921
2013
single work
picture book
biography
children's
'Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMB Endeavour, Cook set out from England with royal orders to look for signs of the great southern land known as Terra Australis, which they chartered in 1788 [sic].
'From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.' (Publisher's blurb)
- 2014 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
- 2014 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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