Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Author: Tony Horwitz
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeTwo 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 r….Read More
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