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Maps on lining papers
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-459) and index
Pacific Nothwest: one week before the mast -- Tahiti: Sic transit Venus -- To Bora-Bora: sold a pup -- New Zealand: warriors, still -- Botany Bay: in the pure state of nature -- The Great Barrier Reef: wrecked -- Homeward bound: the hospital ship -- Savage island: the hunt for red banana -- Tonga: where time begins, and goes back -- North Yorkshire: a plain, zealous man -- London: shipping out, again -- Alaska: outside men -- Hawaii: the last island -- Kealakekua Bay: a bad day on black rock
This book retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world. Captain James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island to Siberia. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time of his violent death in Hawaii in 1779, the map of the world was substantially complete. Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. He also relives Cook's adventures by traveling in the captain's wake to such places as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef along the way, he discovers Cook's embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also explores Cook the man: an impoverished farm boy who broke through the barriers of his class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-459) and index
Pacific Nothwest: one week before the mast -- Tahiti: Sic transit Venus -- To Bora-Bora: sold a pup -- New Zealand: warriors, still -- Botany Bay: in the pure state of nature -- The Great Barrier Reef: wrecked -- Homeward bound: the hospital ship -- Savage island: the hunt for red banana -- Tonga: where time begins, and goes back -- North Yorkshire: a plain, zealous man -- London: shipping out, again -- Alaska: outside men -- Hawaii: the last island -- Kealakekua Bay: a bad day on black rock
This book retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world. Captain James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island to Siberia. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time of his violent death in Hawaii in 1779, the map of the world was substantially complete. Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. He also relives Cook's adventures by traveling in the captain's wake to such places as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef along the way, he discovers Cook's embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also explores Cook the man: an impoverished farm boy who broke through the barriers of his class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history
Author | Tony Horwitz |
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Language | English |
Subject | James Cook |
Genre | Travel and History |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company |
Publication date | 2002 |
Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, E-Book |
Pages | 480 |
ISBN | 978-0-312-42260-8 |
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (United States), or Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Australia), is a travel book by Tony Horwitz, published in 2002.
Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz at a book signing in Waterford, Virginia
In it, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist travels to various parts of the world, following in the footsteps of explorer James Cook. The book compares the current conditions of the places Cook visited to what Cook documented at the time, and describes the different legacies Cook has left behind.[1][2]
Horowitz begins with his experience as a volunteer deckhand on the replica of HM Bark Endeavour. Some of the places Horowitz visits in his travels include Australia, the small island nation of Niue, the Society Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, the birthplace and home of Cook in North Yorkshire England, Alaska, and Hawaii.[3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^Harris, Robert R (September 22, 2002). 'Cook's Tour'. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^'Tony Horwitz Blue Latitudes'. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^'Blue Latitudes'. www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^'Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz: Summary and reviews'. BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^'The Wanderer'. www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
External links[edit]
- [1] BLUE LATITUDES: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz | Read by Daniel Gerroll Contemporary Culture • 9 hrs. • Abridged • © 2002]
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