{"product_id":"blue-latitudes","title":"Blue Latitudes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Captain James Cook''s three epic journeys in the 18th century were the  last great voyages of discovery.  His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from  the Artic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island  to Siberia. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the  globe remained blank. By the time he died in Hawaii in 1779, the map of  the world was substantially complete.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTony Horwitz vividly  recounts Cook''s voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered:  tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. He  also relives Cook''s adventures by following in the captain''s wake to  places such as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef to  discover Cook''s embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a  working crewman aboard a replica of Cook''s vessel, Horwitz experiences  the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also explores Cook the  man: an impoverished farmboy who broke through the barriers of his class  and time to become the greatest navigator in British history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy  turns harrowing and hilarious, insightful and entertaining, BLUE  LATITUDES brings to life a man whose voyages helped create the ''global  village'' we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466611564917,"sku":"9780312422608","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780312422608.jpg?v=1785654669","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/blue-latitudes","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}