The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Fiction_Gift_Guide Stuns with its artwork: Features

Stuns with its artwork: Features over 300 unique four-color illustrations and paintings by award-winning graphic designer George McCalman

As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954

The inspiration for the Netflix series

It’s a small life with little joy and no likelihood of escape

all who put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Fiction_Gift_Guide Stuns with its artwork: FeaturesNEW 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 Cooks death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. One of The New York Times Book Reviews 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