James Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time. A British naval captain, navigator, and ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Hampton Sides, the bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground ...

Captain Cook is a controversial figure – villain ... "The Wide Wide Sea," documenting Cook's final and fateful voyage. "He had three voyages around the world; each one was monumental," said ...

To mark World Oceans Day, BUEI and the Bermuda National Trust will host author Hampton Sides on June 9 for a talk on Captain ...

UNTIL RECENTLY Captain James Cook was not a particularly controversial ... Acting under Admiralty orders, he undertook three pioneering voyages in the Pacific between 1768 and 1779.

THE WIDE WIDE SEA: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, by Hampton Sides In January 1779, when the British explorer James Cook sailed into a ...

It includes shells gathered on Captain James Cook's final voyage, now on display at a museum in Northumberland. SCHMITZ: The shells were previously believed to be lost until the 1980s, when John ...

The story of Capt. James Cook’s third voyage has all the elements of a Greek tragedy — hubris, good intentions gone awry, fatal error. The English sea captain, an ...

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Into these roiling waters wades “The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook” (Doubleday), a new biography by Hampton Sides.

Sides’ latest effort, “The Wide Wide Sea,” is a gripping account of Captain James Cook’s final voyage. Cook is a controversial historical figure, especially in light of increasing ...