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The wide wide sea imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

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"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, alrea...

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Main Author: Sides, Hampton (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779 > Travel.
Cook, James, > 1728-1779 > Death and burial.
Voyages around the world > History > 18th century.
Scientific expeditions > History > 18th century.
Pacific Area > Discovery and exploration > British.
Oceania > Discovery and exploration > British.
Pacific Coast (North America) > Discovery and exploration > British.
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British.
Northeast Passage > Discovery and exploration > British.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British.
Travel writing.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: An louder grew the shouting
  • Book one: The first navigator of Europe. Negative discoverer
  • Proto-anthropologist
  • A human pet
  • A fine retreat
  • A natural politeness
  • The problem of the ice
  • No tutor but nature
  • Fresh discoveries
  • The secret instructions
  • Book two: The weight of my resentment. Isla del Infierno
  • Tavern of the seas
  • The isle of desolation
  • Lunawanna-alonnah
  • A shocking scene of carnage
  • The land of the long white cloud
  • Return to grass cove
  • Book three: Faraway heaven. Aphrodite's island
  • This barbarous custom
  • Duped by every designing knave
  • A kingdom for a goat
  • The ardor of inviolable friendship
  • Faraway heaven
  • Scorched up by the heat of the sun
  • A new race of people
  • In the land of the Menehune
  • Book four: New Albion. Foul weather
  • Soft gold
  • In Bering's wake
  • Deep water and bold shores
  • Possessed
  • Risen in a new world
  • Big with every danger
  • Book five: Apotheosis. Pathway of the gods
  • Approaching adoration
  • Golden days
  • A welcome overstayed
  • The water's edge
  • The bones of Captain Cook
  • The long concealed arrangements of the Almighty
  • Epilogue: Lono's tears.

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