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First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 408 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and index. |
| Contents |
Book One. The First Navigator of Europe. 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 -- 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. Lunawanna-alonna -- 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. |
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial.
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Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.
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Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.
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Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sides, Hampton. Wide wide sea First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2024] 9780385544771 (DLC) 2023022333 |
| ISBN |
9780385544764 : $35.00 |
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0385544766 : $35.00 |
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