The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition. Dust jacket has some surface scratches.

Captain James Cook first set sail for the Pacific in 1768. 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth's surface, were uncharted - but not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years.

Before Cook, the Pacific was disconnected from the power and ideas of Europe, Asia and America. In the wake of Cook, everything changed.

This is the book of the documentary series, in which actor and raconteur Sam Neill takes a deeply personal, present-day voyage to map his understanding of James Cook, Europe's greatest navigator, and the immense Pacific Ocean itself.

Voyaging on a wide variety of vessels, from container ships to fishing trawlers and sailing boats, Sam crosses the length and breadth of the world's largest ocean to experience a contemporary journey in Cook's footsteps, engaging with both modern and ancient cultural practices and peoples.