When Western scholars write about non-Western societies, do they inevitably perpetuate the myths of European imperialism? Can they ever articulate the meanings and logics of non-Western peoples? Who has the right to speak for whom? Questions such as these are among the most hotl…
A portrait of eighteenth-century explorer and adventurer Captain James Cook draws on Cook's own journals to describe his youth, his career in the Royal Navy, and his expeditions that charted the Pacific Ocean.
"James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the hallowed rank of captain of the Royal Navy, leading three historic journeys that would forever link his name with fearless exploration (and inspire …
A portrait of eighteenth-century explorer and adventurer Captain James Cook draws on Cook's own journals to describe his youth, his career in the Royal Navy, and his expeditions that charted the Pacific Ocean.
This is the true story of a legendary man and explorer. Noted modernday adventurer Martin Dugard, using James Cook's personal journals, strips away the myths surrounding Cook's life and portrays him as he truly was. A complex, conflicted man. Cook applied his tremendous ambition…
This is the true story of a legendary man and explorer. Noted modernday adventurer Martin Dugard, using James Cook's personal journals, strips away the myths surrounding Cook's life and portrays him as he truly was. A complex, conflicted man. Cook applied his tremendous ambition…
