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This item is OUT OF PRINT A CD-ROM publication produced jointly by the National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum. |
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into Australias past Come on a journey with Captain James Cook on his extraordinary voyage of discovery around the world on board the Endeavour. A digital facsimile of the full text of James Cooks Endeavour journal is accompanied by J.C. Beagleholes complete, indexed transcript. Supplementary text chronicles the historical context of the voyage, the people who sailed and those that were met, the discoveries made, life on board and the ship itself. Fully interactive, the CD-ROM features video footage, an evocative soundtrack and 3-D panoramas to take you on a virtual tour of the Endeavour replica. Over 1000 images appear including hundreds of artworks and items from the National Library's collections. Original botanical and zoological images and specimens, charts and maps appear courtesy of the British Library and Natural History Museum, Londom. All in all the Endeavour CD-ROM is an exploration of the Endeavour voyage itself. Filled with historical facts and accurate scholarship it complements and adds further value to one of Australias most precious historical documents. For everyone from armchair travellers to secondary school students to researchers, this is an important reference tool and a rollicking good story! |
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| Endeavour Journal | Virtual Tour | Discoveries |
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$97.50 plus $5 postage Not
Windows 2000 compatible |
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Reviews of the Endeavour CD-ROM Owen
Jeffries, Australian Macworld Mark
Butler, Computers, The Australian (Five star rating
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Kleu, Infotainment, The Sydney Morning Herald Richard
Gorrell, Hawker College, ACT |
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of Sale The Endeavour CD-ROM is sold on the basis that it shall only be used subject to the following restrictions: no reproduction, public performance or public display, including the transmission of any image over a media network or duplication of the material contained in this CD-ROM is permitted for any purposes whatsoever other than as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968; no downloading of this CD-ROM for networking purposes is permitted (except in a classroom situation, or with the prior written approval of the National Library of Australia); this CD-ROM shall not be resold and any lending or public performance for commercial gain, rental or lease of the CD-ROM is strictly prohibited; this CD-ROM shall not be used for the purposes of creating another database which is intended to be exploited commercially in any way in any jurisdiction within or outside Australia. |
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