Captain James Cook and the controversial legacy of Western exploration

Hampton Sides's new book The Wide Wide Sea investigates the great navigator’s last, doomed journey. The wide-wide sea is the first attempt to discover the truth about Cook's final voyage – and the cannibals – and his final voyage. The Wide wide Sea is published by Hampton Side, published by Simon Cowell, £12.99.

Hampton Sides also takes on the complex legacy of the British explorer. The book is based on the final voyage of Captain Cook's last voyage, which ended in his death. It is the first time the book has been published since Cook's death in 1807. The novel is published by Simon Cowan and his wife, the author of the book, in London.

Captain Cook initiated a period of colonization that obscured the histories of Native Islanders. The British explorer was killed in Hawaii in the 1700s. The legacy that is being reexamined today is being examined by the public in the wake of Cook's death. Cook was the first explorer to explore the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 17th century.

British explorer Captain James Cook was the first European to visit New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands, and the islands of Hawaii. But Cook's legacy is being reexamined by historian Hampton Sides, author of a new book, "The Wide Wide Sea. He also visits the Big Island of Hawaii and talks with native islanders about efforts to teach the history of Pacific island cultures.

Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook,” a new biography by Hampton Sides. She says Cook got away with murder, but it's not surprising that he got away.