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3 1/2 stars. We follow the author from the frozen arctic to Australia's outback; from New Zealand to the shores of Tahiti and Hawaii as he embarks on his own journey of discovery to learn about Captain James Cook. The author retraces the last three expeditions of the intrepid Captain Cook and visits those places that Cook visited in an attempt to study his lingering effect on the modern world and its inhabitants. This book is part history and part travelogue- it goes back and forth (rather seamlessly) between a history of Cook's travels and the author's own travels.

This is not the right book for the hard history buff or someone looking to read to a biography of Captain Cook. The author keeps it relatively light. He takes along his rum-soaked, hard partying Australian friend, Roger, which lends a healthy dose of irreverent humor to the book. The author probably spends more time discussing his own journey rather than Captain Cook's, but the places he visits and the people he meets are so interesting that I never tired of it.

All in all I would recommend this book to anyone interested in history and travel to exotic places looking for a light read.