Blue Latitudes (Paperback, Revised)

Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain’s adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today’s Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Confederates in the Attic, works as a sailor aboard a replica of Cook’s ship, meets island kings and beauty queens, and carouses the South Seas with a hilarious and disgraceful travel companion, an Aussie named Roger. He also creates a brilliant portrait of Cook: an impoverished farmboy who became the greatest navigator in British history and forever changed the lands he touched. Poignant, probing, antic, and exhilarating, Blue Latitudes brings to life a man who helped create the global village we inhabit today.

General

Imprint:	Saint Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	August 2003
Authors:	Horowitz
Dimensions:	210 x 142 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	480
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42260-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-312-42260-1
Barcode:	9780312422608

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