The Wide Wide Sea
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The Wide Wide Sea
| Full title | The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook |
|---|---|
| Author | Hampton Sides |
| Published | 2024 |
| Pages | 400 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hampton Sides follows Cook’s third and last voyage — the search for the Northwest Passage, the encounters across the Pacific, and the deterioration of Cook’s own judgement that ended at Kealakekua Bay. |
Where I heard about it
- My own reading list — a bare Amazon link I saved sometime in 2024–2026.
Connections
- Republic of Letters — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: a voyage undertaken as much for the survey as for the empire.
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