The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's claim to sovereignty.
In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of Venus, and – with the skills of naturalist Joseph Banks and his team – to collect natural history in this far part of the world. But Cook’s brief also included a secret mission from the British Admiralty: to discover Terra Australis Incognita, an unknown southern land that might prove to be larger and richer than Australia
Avast there me hearty ...
In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of Venus, and – with the skills of naturalist Joseph Banks and his team – to collect natural history in this far part of the world. But Cook’s brief also included a secret mission from the British Admiralty: to discover Terra Australis Incognita, an unknown southern land that might prove to be larger and richer than Australia
Avast there me hearty ...
Walk in the Footsteps of Trailblazing Women with Lonely Planet
Discover how and where inspiring women have changed our world with Lonely Planet’s In Her Footsteps, a travel guide to places where female activists, artists, pathbreakers and icons have studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored.
Released ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, In Her Footsteps allows readers to journey to the heart of women’s activism, history and creativity through the ages.
Take the walk ...
Discover how and where inspiring women have changed our world with Lonely Planet’s In Her Footsteps, a travel guide to places where female activists, artists, pathbreakers and icons have studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored.
Released ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, In Her Footsteps allows readers to journey to the heart of women’s activism, history and creativity through the ages.
Take the walk ...
Lonely Planet's Practical Guide to Astrotourism: Dark Skies
Discover the best stargazing destinations around the world with Lonely Planet's Dark Skies, published this month.
Authored by space tourism and travel writer Valerie Stimac, this comprehensive companion includes guides to 35 dark-sky sites and national parks, where to see the aurora, the next decade of total solar eclipses and how to view rocket launches, plus the lowdown on commercial space flight.
★ Find sites accredited by the International Dark-Sky Association;
★ Learn about stargazing and astrophotography;
Let's go stargazing ...
Discover the best stargazing destinations around the world with Lonely Planet's Dark Skies, published this month.
Authored by space tourism and travel writer Valerie Stimac, this comprehensive companion includes guides to 35 dark-sky sites and national parks, where to see the aurora, the next decade of total solar eclipses and how to view rocket launches, plus the lowdown on commercial space flight.
★ Find sites accredited by the International Dark-Sky Association;
★ Learn about stargazing and astrophotography;
Let's go stargazing ...
More great news from Lonely Planet
Global Children, Hidden Wonders, Amazing Flags, Train Secrets and City Adventures from Lonely Planet Kids
In its five new book releases this October, Lonely Planet Kids meets 84 children from around the world, shares the amazing stories behind the world's flags, joins a globetrotting city adventure, explores the world of trains, and discovers the planet's wildest, weirdest places.
Let the children read ...
Global Children, Hidden Wonders, Amazing Flags, Train Secrets and City Adventures from Lonely Planet Kids
In its five new book releases this October, Lonely Planet Kids meets 84 children from around the world, shares the amazing stories behind the world's flags, joins a globetrotting city adventure, explores the world of trains, and discovers the planet's wildest, weirdest places.
Let the children read ...
The Universe
Lonely Planet Collaborates with NASA for World's First Guidebook to The Universe
Lonely Planet is journeying further than it ever has before with the world's first and only travel guide to The Universe, created in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), and published this October.
Developed with the latest data from NASA, and featuring a Foreword by award-winning science educator Bill Nye the Science Guy, Lonely Planet's new book touches down on the planets of our solar system, before continuing to the edge of the known Universe via exoplanets, newborn stars, supernova remnants, galaxy superclusters and more, as it discovers space’s most astonishing sights.
Go where no reader has been before ...
Lonely Planet Collaborates with NASA for World's First Guidebook to The Universe
Lonely Planet is journeying further than it ever has before with the world's first and only travel guide to The Universe, created in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), and published this October.
Developed with the latest data from NASA, and featuring a Foreword by award-winning science educator Bill Nye the Science Guy, Lonely Planet's new book touches down on the planets of our solar system, before continuing to the edge of the known Universe via exoplanets, newborn stars, supernova remnants, galaxy superclusters and more, as it discovers space’s most astonishing sights.
Go where no reader has been before ...
Against the Odds: Surviving the world’s worst tsunami and overcoming trauma
‘Powerful and profound. Against the Odds reads like a thriller.’ Glenn A. Baker
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to face the immediate, unexpected prospect of sudden death?
Travel is the safest it has ever been, but what happens when it occasionally goes horribly wrong? Travel writer John Maddocks had seconds to respond when he woke to find a 10-metre high tsunami about to smash his beachside cabana in Sri Lanka. There was no escape, but by some miracle he lived when thousands around him didn’t.
Not John's turn ...
‘Powerful and profound. Against the Odds reads like a thriller.’ Glenn A. Baker
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to face the immediate, unexpected prospect of sudden death?
Travel is the safest it has ever been, but what happens when it occasionally goes horribly wrong? Travel writer John Maddocks had seconds to respond when he woke to find a 10-metre high tsunami about to smash his beachside cabana in Sri Lanka. There was no escape, but by some miracle he lived when thousands around him didn’t.
Not John's turn ...
