Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific aol.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aol.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In Hampton Sides' telling, this explorer's final mission, ending with his death on the shores of Hawaii's Big Island, has room for both condemnation and celebration.
Book excerpt: The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779.