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Shop NowBlue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (English Edition)
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Beschreibung
New York Times Bestseller: A Pulitzer Prize–winning author retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook: "Alternately hilarious, poignant, and insightful." —Seattle Times
Captain James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island to Siberia. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time he died in Hawaii in 1779, the map of the world was substantially complete.
Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. He also relives Cook's adventures by following in his wake to places such as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef to discover Cook's embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also explores Cook the man: an impoverished farm boy who broke through the barriers of his class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history, whose voyages helped create the "global village" we know today.
"With healthy doses of both humor and provocative information, the book will please fans of history, exploration, travelogues and, of course, top-notch storytelling." —Publishers Weekly
"Horwitz retells the sailor's story and tries to re-create first contact from the point of view of the locals—Tahitians, Maoris, Aleuts, Hawaiians, and others—and judge the legacy of his landing . . . thought-provoking . . . brims with insight." —Booklist
"A rollicking read that is also a sneaky work of scholarship . . . new and unexpected insights into the man who out-discovered Columbus. A terrific book." —Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winner and New York Times–bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea
"Well-researched, gripping, and peppered with humorous passages." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius." —Philadelphia Inquirer
Eigenschaften
Abmessungen
14.61 x 3.81 x 22.23 cm
Auflage
First
Dateigröße
3.4 MB
Erscheinungstermin
1. August 2003
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Kindle
ISBN-10
0786250313
ISBN-13
978-1429969574
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Unterstützt
Sprache
Englisch
X-Ray
Aktiviert
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