The wide wide sea: imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook
"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two and a half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' bravura account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science--the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain's imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook's intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook's overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. |
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| contents | 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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| spelling | Sides, Hampton 1962- Verfasser (DE-588)124101895 aut 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 New York Doubleday [2024] xxi, 408 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two and a half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' bravura account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science--the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain's imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook's intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook's overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. Cook, James 1728-1779 (DE-588)118522027 gnd rswk-swf Reise (DE-588)4049275-8 gnd rswk-swf Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 gnd rswk-swf Hawaii (DE-588)4023877-5 gnd rswk-swf 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 Voyages autour du monde / Histoire / 18e siècle Expéditions scientifiques / Histoire / 18e siècle SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography Cook, James / 1728-1779 / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcR7dqWTK9vyrppxDt7pP Death and burial of a person Discoveries in geography / British Scientific expeditions Travel Voyages around the world Arctic Ocean / Northeast Passage Arctic Ocean / Northwest Passage Arctic Regions North America / Pacific Coast Oceania / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfGXyKwjqFR47VVfYDpfq Pacific Area Pacific rim Oceania Pacific Coast (North America) Northwest Passage Northeast Passage Arctic regions 1700-1799 Travel writing History Récits de voyages Hawaii (DE-588)4023877-5 g Reise (DE-588)4049275-8 s Cook, James 1728-1779 (DE-588)118522027 p Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 9780385544771 |
| spellingShingle | Sides, Hampton 1962- The wide wide sea imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook 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 Cook, James 1728-1779 (DE-588)118522027 gnd Reise (DE-588)4049275-8 gnd Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 gnd |
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| title | The wide wide sea imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook |
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| title_full | The wide wide sea imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides |
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