LEADER 07658cam a2200829 i 4500001 99130554154506421 005 20240725052901.0 008 230516s2024 nyuabf e b 001 0deng^^ 010 2023022332 019 13907766931416718610142301120714244774331428059300142831481714288217261429686989 020 9780385544764 |qhardcover 020 0385544766 |qhardcover 020 |z9780385544771 |qelectronic book 035 |n(MLS)7452696 035 (OCoLC)on1416012934 037 |bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 |nSAN 201-3975 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dCNWPU |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCF |dLJW |dFM0 |dZ#6 |dTOH |dLMJ |dOCO |dLJW |dIUO |dOJ4 |dIMT |dVP@ |dYU6 |dOCLCO |dYDX |dKUA |dJPL |dTXSPI |dETC 042 pcc 043 p------po-----n------r------ 050 00 G246.C7 |bS53 2024 082 00 910.92B |223/eng/20231226 100 1 Sides, Hampton, |eauthor. 245 14 The wide wide sea : |bimperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook / |cHampton Sides. 246 30 Imperial ambition, 1st contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bDoubleday, |c[2024] 300 xxi, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (chiefly color), maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Maps on endpapers. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Prologue: And louder grew the shouting -- 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 -- Lunawanna-alonnah -- 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. 520 "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, 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. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' bravura account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science--the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain's imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook's intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook's overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. 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 from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Cook, James, |d1728-1779 |xTravel. 600 10 Cook, James, |d1728-1779 |xDeath and burial. 600 17 Cook, James, |d1728-1779 |2fast 648 7 1700-1799 |2fast 650 0 Voyages around the world |xHistory |y18th century. 650 0 Scientific expeditions |xHistory |y18th century. 650 6 Voyages autour du monde |xHistoire |y18e siècle. 650 6 Expéditions scientifiques |xHistoire |y18e siècle. 650 7 SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography. |2bisacsh 650 7 Death and burial of a person |2fast 650 7 Discoveries in geography |xBritish |2fast 650 7 Scientific expeditions |2fast 650 7 Travel |2fast 650 7 Voyages around the world |2fast 650 1 Voyages around the world |xHistory |y18th century. 651 0 Pacific Area |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 0 Oceania |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 0 Pacific Coast (North America) |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 0 Northwest Passage |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 0 Northeast Passage |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 0 Arctic regions |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 651 7 Arctic Ocean |zNortheast Passage |2fast 651 7 Arctic Ocean |zNorthwest Passage |2fast 651 7 Arctic Regions |2fast 651 7 North America |zPacific Coast |2fast 651 7 Oceania |2fast 651 7 Pacific Area |2fast 651 1 Arctic regions |xDiscovery and exploration |xBritish. 655 7 Travel writing. |2lcgft 655 7 History |2fast 655 7 Récits de voyages. |2rvmgf 776 08 |iOnline version:Sides, Hampton. |tWide wide sea |dNew York : Doubleday, [2024] |z9780385544771 |w(DLC) 2023022333 852 |bdixn 910 |d67542 |gMIDWEST 914 (OCoLC)on1416012934 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1416012934 980 20240501 |f5315696 |hB1202mon |i35.00 |j34.64 |n7452696 982 |bFY21 |n2021 |q32101119396602 986 |hG246.C7 |iS53 2024