The Wide Wide Sea
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First large print edition.
Description: xxii, 657 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
Author's note -- Prologue: And louder grew the shouting -- Book One: The first navigator of Europe -- Book Two: The weight of my resentment -- Book Three: Faraway Heaven -- Book Four: New Albion -- Book Five: Apotheosis -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
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.
Large type books.
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.
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.
Large type books.
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.
ISBN:
9780593863183
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP HISTORY Sid | Main (Downtown) | Large Print Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
LP HISTORY Sid | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Large Print Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/7/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-616) and index.