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

5.0

What a great book. Wow. It was 600 pages long and I wasn’t ready for it to end. The author has done an incredible way of blending adventure, history and a very thoughtful examination of the cultural impacts of globalization. In retracing Cooks 3 journeys, Horwitz provides a look at many cultures pre-European contact (Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Pacific North West, Tonga) together with modern day impacts. An ambitious undertaking that was done in a very compelling way. Blue Lattitudes was hard to put down. I will now seek out more books by Horwitz. Fantastic job.