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Author Murdie, Rae, author

Title Meet Captain Cook / written by Rae Murdie ; illustrated by Chris Nixon
Published North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2013
©2013

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 MELB CRC  PICTURE BOOK Mur/Mcc  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS CRC  PICTURE BOOK Mur/Mcc  AVAILABLE
 W'BOOL CRC  PICTURE BOOK Mur/Mcc  AVAILABLE
Description 28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm
regular print
Series Meet .
Murdie, Rae. Meet--- ; bk. 3
Meet
Summary Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMS Endeavor, 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. 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 shaped Australian history
Analysis Australian
Biography & autobiography (Australia)
Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australia)
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes Maps on endpapers
Audience For children
Notes Eve Pownall Award for Information Books - short list, 2014
Subject Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Juvenile literature.
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
SUBJECT Cook, James, 1728-1779. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78091496
Subject Children's Book Week 2014 -- Shortlist -- Eve Pownall Award for information books
Children's literature -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Children's literature, Australian.
Discoveries in geography -- English -- Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography -- English -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography -- English -- Pictorial works.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Great Britain.
Picture books for children.
Picture books -- Pictorial works.
Picture books -- Australia.
Voyages around the world -- Juvenile literature.
Voyages around the world -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Voyages around the world -- Pictorial works.
Discoveries in geography -- English.
Explorers -- Great Britain.
Voyages around the world.
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Australia -- History -- To 1788 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Australia -- History -- To 1788 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618 -- Pictorial works http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Australia -- History -- To 1788 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Pictorial works http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
Picture books.
Author Nixon, Chris, 1986- illustrator
ISBN 0857980173 (hardback)
0857980181 (paperback)
9780857980175 (hardback)
9780857980182 (paperback)
Other Titles Meet ... Captain Cook