Blue Track - Pursuing Captain Cook's Journey

Author: Tony Horowitz
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: "Blue Trail" is highly readable. No other author has captured the mysterious suspense of James Cook as Tony Horowitz does in his enchanting and journey around the Pacific. Horowitz's adventurous experiences not only provide an insightful understanding of the great navigator Captain Cook himself but also shed light on his 18th-century brave companions, including the notable Sir Joseph Banks. The vivid, clear, and highly engaging descriptions in "Blue Trail" reveal a truth: the vast world, the path of exploration is endless. It is an academic work that can be enjoyed in a relaxed mood. It reveals an inner world that an explorer, whose adventures and explorations surpassed Columbus, never revealed. James Cook's three epic voyages were great explorations of the 18th century and beyond. When he set out on his expedition in 1768, one-third of the Earth's surface remained unexplored and blank. By 1779, when he died a tragic death in Hawaii, the world map had become largely complete. It can be said that the extent of Cook's exploration of the Earth's surface in human history has never been surpassed. His trails ranged from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Tahiti to Siberia, from Easter Island to the Great Barrier Reef, revealing to the Western world exotic customs such as religious taboos, tattoos, cannibalism, and ritualized sexual life. This farm boy, through personal struggle, ultimately became a great British navigator in a rigidly hierarchical class society. At the same time, the mysteries he left behind to this day are as enigmatic as the uncharted waters he explored over two centuries ago. "Blue Trail" is highly readable, and no other author has captured the mysterious suspense of James Cook as Tony Horowitz does in his enchanting and journey around the Pacific.