About the Book

Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of "Confederates in the Attic," works as a sailor aboard a replica of Cook's ship, meets island kings and beauty queens, and carouses the South Seas with a hilarious and disgraceful travel companion, an Aussie named Roger. He also creates a brilliant portrait of Cook: an impoverished farmboy who became the greatest navigator in British history and forever changed the lands he touched. Poignant, probing, antic, and exhilarating, "Blue Latitudes "brings to life a man who helped create the global village we inhabit today.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 480 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Picador USA (Aug. 31st, 2003)

ISBN-10: 0312422601

ISBN-13: 9780312422608

Dimensions: 5.58 x 8.28 x 0.94 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.98 lbs

• Categories: Oceania History