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Apr 9, 2024 · The Wide Wide Sea braids the sweeping flair of a Patrick O’Brian novel with Nathaniel Philbrick’s boundless love for the world’s wild oceans. Here is a saga as tautly tuned as an eighteenth-century sailing ship, told by a master storyteller at the height of his powers.”
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook is the latest book by Hampton Sides with a powerful historical narrative as one is transported to one the most thrilling eras of exploration in the eighteenth century.
The Wide Wide Sea braids the sweeping flair of a Patrick O’Brian novel with Nathaniel Philbrick’s boundless love for the world’s wild oceans. Here is a saga as tautly tuned as an eighteenth-century sailing ship, told by a master storyteller at the height of his powers.”
Apr 3, 2024 · 'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage "A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which...
Apr 9, 2024 · The Wide Wide Sea details the life and voyages of Captain James Cook, killed by native Hawaiians in an uncharacteristic final act. This is the mystery of Cook's final days, laid bare in riveting narrative fashion.
At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work...
Apr 11, 2024 · From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death.
