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The Wide Wide Sea

Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

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The Wide Wide Sea

Auteur(s): Hampton Sides
Narrateur(s): Peter Noble
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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) 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.

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, THE NEW YORKER, THE SMITHSONIAN, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS

“In this masterly history, Sides tracks the 18th-century English naval officer James Cook’s third and final voyage across the globe, painting a vivid and propulsive portrait."—The New York Times Book Review

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. 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.

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. Europe Grande-Bretagne Monde Océanie Voyageurs et explorateurs Voile Angleterre Explorateur

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I am a big fan of historical accounts of discovery. This is a must read !! This book is brilliantly told and captures Cook’s final voyage and dedication in a captivating and compelling manner. The enormous depth of research, bold and determined seafaring adventures and astounding worldly explorations are beyond thrilling. The narration is excellent and draws the listener into the world at this time. I’m ready to listen all over again.

Astounding !!!

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Great start to finish. Well researched and great narration. Great start to finish. Well researched and great narration.

Well told.

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I've read a lot of books about the nautical adventures of British and other seafarers in 18th century.

Just when I thought I had heard or read it all, this book blew me out the water. No pun intended. I could not stop listening!

Superb research and enough reflection for a 21st century reader. In the immortal words of LP Hartley, "the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there."

And the narration was EXCELLENT. So important to do justice to a great book which is not always the case.

Loved it all. And a keeper in my library.


WONDERFUL

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There is an old saying ‘never meet your hero’s’. I have admired Cook for most my life and not heard many of the tales in this book, nor encountered his ‘humanity’ as written in this edition.

The ‘emotional charge’ at the end with regard to the very plausible intervention by the British Admiralty to destroy a part of Cook’s journal/logs speaks to even today’s governing bodies hiding the truth.

I have had the remarkable opportunity to walk and snorkel at Cook’s memorial in Hawaii, to have walked the beaches of Friendly Cove on Nootka Island and to have worked and explored Nootka and Bligh Islands and area.

I am a sailor and about to depart on my own around the world voyages. Having sailed much of the British Columbia Coast and to Glacier Bay Alaska - it is easy to forget that not one of Cook’s ships ever had an alternate means of propulsion, no charts, no soundings in areas where tidal currents can exceed 10+ knots and in wooden vessels not really able to sail upwind and needing a pretty substantial breeze to move and steer!

I highly recommend this book!
Siggi Kemmler

The detail of Cook’s encounters with storms, and natives of new lands.

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Excellent narration!! The story is told with the perfect amount of historical detail so as not to obscure the human story within. As well, the author has endeavoured to paint a non-judgmental picture of Cook. You feel you are there watching the scenes of his 3rd fatal journey unfold. Highly recommend!

Engaging and gripping

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