Blue track Pursue Captain Cook's journey

Author: Tony Horwitz (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: "Blue Trail" is extremely readable. No writer has captured the intoxicating and enchanting journey around the Pacific Ocean to seek the mysterious suspense of James Cook as effectively as Tony Horwitz. Horwitz's adventures not only provide insight into the great navigator Captain Cook himself but also offer an enlightening contribution to understanding 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 and boundless world, the path of exploration is endless. This is an academic work that can be read in a relaxed mood. It reveals an inner world that an explorer, who ventured and explored more than 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 violent death in Hawaii, the world map had become largely complete. It can be said that Cook's exploration of the Earth's surface in terms of area has yet to be surpassed in human history. 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 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 extremely readable, and no writer has captured the mysterious suspense of James Cook as effectively as Tony Horwitz in the intoxicating and enchanting journey around the Pacific Ocean.