The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593863183
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Physical Description:
657 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
large print - Edition: First Large Print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Pre-publication subtitle: The final, fateful voyage of Captain James Cook. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue. And louder grew the shouting -- 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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Alert Bay Public Library | 910 SID (Text) | 35125000155550 | Large Print Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-07-12 |