JAMES COOK; born 1728; Marton; Yorkshire; England; died 1779; Hawaii. The second son of James Cook; a Yorkshire labourer; and Grace his wife. From the lowest ranks; born to be great; when he began to rise; with each step he assumed; as if it belonged to him; the dignity of his new rank. He discovered the Society Islands; New Zealand to be two islands; he followed the unknown coast of New Holland for over three thousand kilometres; he traversed the Antarctic Ocean on three successive voyages; he discovered and explored the coast of New Caledonia; he found the desolate island of Georgia; and Sandwich land; he explored five thousand six hundred kilometres of the North American coast; and he traversed the icy seas of the North Pacific; without counting the small islands which he found scattered about the Pacific. His voyages would have been impossible; but for that invaluable discovery of his whereby scurvy was kept off and the men enabled to remain at sea for many months.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Bear: Owsley Stanley. Genius. Designed Sound Recording Technology that is industry standard Today. Grateful DeadBy KundaliniAwesome Book! By his wife; Rhoney Stanley.Bear: Owsley Stanley. Genius. Designed sound amplification and recording technology equipment in the late ‘60’s - early seventies that is standard equipment even today. Owsley designed created the Wall Of Sound; and used sound recording techniques way ahead of his time. Grateful Dead.I’m ordered the book as a paperback but I got the kindle digital instead (I don’t know who is at fault) and have just started reading it and It is very good. This is directly from the source and very interesting! I will edit this after I finish the digital “bookâ€.RE: .com book orders.Now that I think of it; I tried to get the kindle version exchanged for the paperback I originally wanted. But I probably missed the return email. Anyway if anyone at .com reads this; can I trade in a mistake kindle for the paperback and pay difference?0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I was there too! Don't remember!By wecobugman1Rhoney Gissen Stanley rite a compelling tale of her life with the LSD King; Owsley Stanley. If you were there on the bus during the Summer of Love and the decade that followed you will enjoy this read. Be for warned. Rhoney tells it like it is and was; good trips and bad vibes. Believable and shocking both. I know of what she tells is true. But then...what a long; strange trip it' s been.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. What a great way to start the summerBy Gaia FriedI just finished the book. What a great way to start the summer! I loved all of it- the 60s; and the connection to India at the end. I loved hearing Rhoney Stanley's voice. I laughed a lot and also realized some deep things about my own life experiences. I think as hippies (and people who were raised by hippies) we do have kind of the same blood and we are all part of a family in some ways. This book connected me to the joy and love of the hippie community and inspiring me to creat more of a sense of that community in my life. I've also been inspired to listen to new music mentioned in the book such as Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan in concert 1972. Definitely transformative! This book opened up many doors of pleasure.
