The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook
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Sides, Hampton,
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New York : Doubleday,, 2024.
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First edition.
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LC Subjects
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Fiction.
Adventurers & Explorers
Alaska Natives
Anecdotes.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Biographies.
Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Death and burial.
Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Travel.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
History.
Maori (New Zealand people)
Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Pacific Islanders.
Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.

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Published
New York : Doubleday,, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English

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General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and index.
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sides, H. (2024). The wide wide sea: imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook (First edition.). Doubleday, .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sides, Hampton. 2024. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sides, Hampton. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Doubleday, 2024.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sides, Hampton. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook First edition., Doubleday, , 2024.

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