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Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9780747564553 ISBN: 0747564558 Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: October 06, 2003 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sales Rank: 715944 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Captain James Cook's three epic journeys between 1768 and 1779 were the last great voyages of discovery. Sailing some 170,000 miles, Cook's ships reached every continent and every ocean, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Kamchatka to Java to Easter Island to the coast of Oregon. Before Cook set off, one third of the world's map remained, simply, blank. By the time he was done, there was little left to discover. Cook and his men were also among the first Europeans to encounter Pacific natives: hip-throbbing Tahitian dancers, New Zealand cannibals, Hawaiian surfers, Australian Aborigines sealed off from the rest of the world for thousands of years. With great wit and insight, Tony Horwitz vividly recounts these adventures, and revisits the lands and peoples Cook discovered to explore the captain's legacy in today's Pacific. In the course of his explorations, Horwitz also has exotic and often comic adventures of his own - on land and at sea - including a stint as a working sailor aboard a replica of Cook's tall ship, the Endeavour. Average Rating:
 Rating: - i'd read anything by horowitzthis was my second read. he finds the thread in everyday, modern life that connects us to the epics. i can't wait to see what he (and we) will discover next. Browse for similar items by category:
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