The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

by Hampton Sides

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An epic 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.

"Sides has mastered the art of you-are-there historical narrative. A thrilling and necessary update to one of history's most consequential cultural collisions." --John Vaillant, New York Times bestselling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385544766
• ISBN13: 9780385544764
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"