Blue Latitudes
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2003.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 840 pages ; 22 cm
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 -- winning journalist, 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. Book jacket.
Subjects:
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019 -- Travel -- Oceania.
Endeavour II (Ship)
Voyages around the world.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019 -- Travel -- Oceania.
Endeavour II (Ship)
Voyages around the world.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN:
0786250313 (lg. print : alk. paper)
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP HISTORY Hor | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Nonfiction | In |
LP HISTORY Hor | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Nonfiction | In |
More Formats
Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 821-834).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 821-834).