2024年4月9日 · The Wide Wide Sea braids the sweeping flair of a Patrick O’Brian novel with Nathaniel Philbrick’s boundless love for the world’s wild oceans. Here is a saga as tautly tuned as an eighteenth-century sailing ship, told by a master storyteller at the height of his powers.”

2024年4月9日 · It was as though the European mariner “had stepped into an ancient script for a cosmic pageant he knew nothing about,” Hampton Sides writes in “The Wide Wide Sea,” his propulsive and vivid...

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.

At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.

2024年4月12日 · In March 1779, as the American colonies were locked in their bitter struggle for independence from England, Benjamin Franklin—then in Paris to recruit France to the rebels’ cause—issued an unusual...

The Wide Wide Sea braids the sweeping flair of a Patrick O’Brian novel with Nathaniel Philbrick’s boundless love for the world’s wild oceans. Here is a saga as tautly tuned as an eighteenth-century sailing ship, told by a master storyteller at the height of his powers.”

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (2024) by Hampton Sides provides an account of the final voyage of Captain James Cook, emphasizing the dramatic encounters and tragic events that defined this historical journey.

2025年1月6日 · The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides chronicles Captain James Cook's final voyage. Blending exploration, imperialism, and cultural encounters, Sides examines Cook’s complex legacy, offering a detailed account of his expedition, the impact on indigenous cultures, and his tragic end.

2024年4月23日 · The Wide Wide Sea braids the sweeping flair of a Patrick O’Brian novel with Nathaniel Philbrick’s boundless love for the world’s wild oceans. Here is a saga as tautly tuned as an eighteenth-century sailing ship, told by a master storyteller at the height of his powers.”