A review by lmfm
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz

4.0

I liked this book but I didn't love it as much as "Confederates in the Attic" or "Voyage Long and Strange". Like most of Horwitz's books, this is a mix of history and travelogue. In this one, I thought the historical sections relating directly to Cook and his voyages were really interesting and well-done but I struggled more with Horwitz's modern journey. He travels the Pacific but seems to enjoy very little of it, and it seems like he is jumping from one economically depressed area grappling with a loss of traditional culture to the next. Perhaps that is Cook's legacy but it wasn't until the last few pages that he really tied all of it together. The history and modern legacy of Captain Cook is certainly a fascinating subject and this was a good read.