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Hampton Sides

The Wide Wide Sea Paperback Book

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A NEW YORK TIMES TOPTEN BOOK OF 2024A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEARFrom New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cooks deathExtraordinarily compulsive and fascinating. I felt it somehow told me more about the making of the modern world than any book I had read for ages STEPHEN FRY, BOOKS OF THE YEAR, ObserverAn astounding tale . . . recreated in swashbuckling detail . . . Sides delivers it with narrative urgency. The cast of characters is a joy Sunday TimesAn enthralling account of Captain Cooks final, fatal voyage An excellent new book The Economist A rollicking good read, with a tone that reminds me of David Granns recent tale of the 1741 Wager shipwreck . . . riveting Daily TelegraphVivid and propulsive New York TimesOn July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in HMS Resolution. Twoandahalf years later, on a beach in Hawaii, Cook was killed beaten and stabbed in a conflict with the indigenous population.What brought Cook to these final moments, so at odds with his reputation? Renowned for his humane leadership, dedication to science and the curiosity and respect, not judgement, with which he greeted societies that were new to him, Cook had already mapped huge swathes of the Pacific and initiated first European contact with numerous native peoples.The stated mission for his...

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Binding: Paperback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BG; Weight: 444 g; Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 26

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