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Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific
But Hampton Sides' new book, “The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook,” details that Polynesian island life and cultures were not ...
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‘The Wide Wide Sea’ Review: The End of Capt. Cook
Should they encounter the British captain James Cook, Franklin wrote ... Sides explains in his thrilling and superbly crafted book, “The Wide Wide Sea,” the 6-foot 3-inch Cook was “a ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher. Annotated watercolour painting by Georg Forster, made during James Cook’s second voyage to explore the southern seas, 1772-75. Captain James Cook's ...