"Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods" by Andrew Kippis
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. In this book, Kippis put his talent for biographical writing to good use to write about the captain's life and the arduous sea-journeys he embarked on that would change the world forever.