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The author takes us on Captain Cook's last voyage that started in London in 1776, sailed around Africa calling at New Zealand before heading north visiting Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti and Tonga. He left tropical delights to head further north, charged with finding a Northwest Passage and reached the icy waters of the Chukchi Sea. He returned to the Hawaii where he was killed by native Hawaiians. The author does a fine job of detailing the voyage, and dealing with the power relations in the colonial contacts. It is a narrative history that is critical of the colonial underpinnings of the journey. The central idea that Cook was suffering mental decline as the voyage progressed is more asserted than proven. One point of criticism: For a voyage narrative it seems odd and very annoying that there is no map.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) 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.
“Hampton Sides, an acclaimed master of the nonfiction narrative, has taken on Cook’s story and retells it for the 21st century.”—Los Angeles Times
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Opened a unique window to a fascinating, dark chapter in Europe and its classical musical world. Powerful stories of how great composers persevered under harrowing circumstances.
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