Farther Than Any Man Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Martin Dugard
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
136

Farther Than Any Man by Martin Dugard Book Summary

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 pop-culture heroes like Captain Hook and Captain James T. Kirk). In Farther Than Any Man, noted modern-day adventurer Martin Dugard strips away the myth of Cook and instead portrays a complex, conflicted man of tremendous ambition (at times to a fault), intellect (though Cook was routinely underestimated) and sheer hardheadedness.
When Great Britain announced a major circumnavigation in 1768 -- a mission cloaked in science, but aimed at the pursuit of world power -- it came as a political surprise that James Cook was given command. Cook's surveying skills had contributed to the British victory over France in the Seven Years' War in 1763, but no commoner had ever commanded a Royal Navy vessel. Endeavor's stunning three-year journey changed the face of modern exploration, charting the vast Pacific waters, the eastern coasts of New Zealand and Australia, and making landfall in Tahiti, Tierra del Fuego, and Rio de Janeiro.
After returning home a hero, Cook yearned to get back to sea. He soon took control of the Resolution and returned to his beloved Pacific, in search of the elusive Southern Continent. It was on this trip that Cook's taste for power became an obsession, and his legendary kindness to island natives became an expectation of worship -- traits that would lead him first to greatness, then to catastrophe.
Full of action, lush description, and fascinating historical characters like King George III and Master William Bligh, Dugard's gripping account of the life and gruesome demise of Capt. James Cook is a thrilling story of a discoverer hell-bent on traveling farther than any man.

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Book Name Farther Than Any Man
Genre Australian & Oceanic History
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Language English
E-Book Size 839.41 KB

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No fluff just facts. This book is a quick read thanks to how well it is written. Thankfully it lacks lulls and slow times. I felt as if I knew James Cook personally after reading, Farther Than Any Man.

Inspiring Story of Exploration. Duggard’s telling of Capt. Cook’s explorations is captivating. He presents the story with details you wish you had when you first learned about Cook. It is a tale of courage, perseverance, and accomplishment - and ultimately how pride, conceit, and stubbornness became his undoing.

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Summary of Farther Than Any Man by Martin Dugard

The Farther Than Any Man book written by Martin Dugard was published on 13 September 2001, Thursday in the Australian & Oceanic History category. A total of 136 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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