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Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific

Hampton Sides American historian and writer James Cook British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779) University of the South Pacific intergovernmental organisation and public research university headquartered in Suva, Fiji
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Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific

Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific. Cook failed to find an ocean passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He did find Pacific islands, peoples and cultures unknown to Europeans to Europeans. Cook's final voyage was his final Pacific voyage.

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Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific

Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific. Cook failed to find an ocean passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He did find Pacific islands, peoples and cultures unknown to Europeans to Europeans. Cook's final voyage was his final Pacific voyage.

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Book excerpt: "The Wide Wide Sea" by Hampton Sides

Hampton Sides returns with the story of Captain Cook's final, fatal voyage of exploration. Sides is the bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers,. &Quot;In the Kingdom of Ice, and. On Desperate Ground," ; returns with an account of Cook's last voyage.

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