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Author:

Sides, Hampton, author.

Title:

The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook / Hampton Sides.

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

xxii, 657 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
Pacific Coast (North America)--Discovery and exploration.
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration.
Northeast Passage--Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
Large type books.
Cook, James,--1728-1779.
Death and burial of a person.
Discoveries in geography--British.
Scientific expeditions.
Travel.
Voyages around the world.
Arctic Ocean--Northeast Passage.
Arctic Ocean--Northwest Passage.
Arctic Regions.
North America--Pacific Coast.
Oceania.
Pacific Area.
Large print books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-616) and index.

Contents:

Epilogue: Lono's tears. Book five: Apotheosis. 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.

Summary:

Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.

ISBN:

0593863186
9780593863183

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)