03278cam a2200433 i 4500 1265067145 TxAuBib 20240503120000.0 240320s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385544764 hardcover 0385544766 hardcover TxAuBib rda Sides, Hampton, author. The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook / Hampton Sides. Imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2024. xxi, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and index. Book One. The First Navigator of Europe. Negative discoverer -- Proto-anthropologist -- A human pet -- A fine retreat -- A natural politeness -- The problem of the ice -- No tutor but nature -- Fresh discoveries -- The secret instructions -- Book Two. The Weight of My Resentment. Isla del Infierno -- Tavern of the seas -- The isle of desolation -- Lunawanna-alonnah -- A shocking scene of carnage -- The land of the long white cloud -- Return to grass cove -- Book Three. Faraway Heaven. Aphrodite's island -- This barbarous custom -- Duped by every designing knave -- A kingdom for a goat -- The ardor of inviolable friendship -- Faraway heaven -- Scorched up by the heat of the sun -- A new race of people -- In the land of the Menehune -- Book Four. New Albion. Foul weather -- Soft gold -- In Bering's wake -- Deep water and bold shores -- Possessed -- Risen in a new world -- Big with every danger -- Book Five. Apotheosis. Pathway of the gods -- Approaching adoration -- Golden days -- A welcome overstayed -- The water's edge -- The bones of Captain Cook -- The long concealed arrangements of the Almighty -- Epilogue. Lono's tears. Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. 20240503. Cook, James, 1728-1779 Travel. Cook, James, 1728-1779 Death and burial. Voyages around the world History 18th century. Scientific expeditions History 18th century. Pacific Area Discovery and exploration British. Oceania Discovery and exploration British. Pacific Coast (North America) Discovery and exploration British. Northwest Passage Discovery and exploration British. Northeast Passage Discovery and exploration British. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration British. Biographies. Anecdotes.