''Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before'' (United States), or ''Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before'' (Australia), is a travel book by

Tony Horwitz Anthony Lander Horwitz (June 9, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was an American journalist and author who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His books include ''One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback'', ''Baghdad Without a Map'', '' ...

, published in 2002. In it, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist travels to various parts of the world, following in the footsteps of explorer James Cook. The book compares the current conditions of the places Cook visited to what Cook documented at the time, and describes the different legacies Cook has left behind. Horowitz begins with his experience as a volunteer deckhand on the replica of HM Bark ''Endeavour''. Some of the places Horowitz visits in his travels include Australia, the small island nation of

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, the

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, New Zealand, the birthplace and home of Cook in

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England,

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, and

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Presentation by Horwitz on ''Blue Latitudes'', October 13, 2002

BLUE LATITUDES: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz , Read by Daniel Gerroll Contemporary Culture • 9 hrs. • Abridged • © 2002] 2002 non-fiction books Books about Oceania Henry Holt and Company books James Cook American travel books American history books