Recollect Around The Globe

Readers: Please prepare for takeoff… Perhaps you, at some time or another, have imagined walking down a street in Cairo, or gazing at the Grand Canyon. Go Around the Globe showcases world cultures with 40 engrossing articles, feasting your senses with scenery, culinary treats, adventures, history, real-life stories and local folklores. It also compasses handy vocabulary glossaries (Vocab Visa), first-hand country facts (Globetrotter’s Guide) and intriguing crossword puzzles (Layover Leisure). Just sit back and enjoy the extensive reading and globetrotting imagination. Let the journey begin.

This edition contains the descriptions of the three voyages of Captain Cook, which resulted in the complete round-the-world expedition. Captain and his team were the first Europeans to meet the indigenous people of Australia and Oceania. Captain Cook took a great interest in the locals' style of life and customs. Thus, the book doesn't just present an account of one of the most daring sea expeditions in history but also impressions of the first encounter of seamen with the people of unknown worlds and places.

Reproduction of the original.