Summary of Martin Dugard's Farther Than Any Man

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The night before Cook's voyage, James and Elizabeth Cook spent their last night together.

They were married six years, and were devoted to one another.

They ached for those passionate, frantic nights of homecoming, but knew that his profession was one of the most dangerous on earth.#2 The British were eager to explore the Southern Hemisphere, which included Antarctica.

They believed that a continent so far south was rich with treasure.#3 Britain was eager to find and colonize Antarctica because she was losing her American colonies.

Colonial resources were the lifeblood of Britain, and without this colonial flow, England's international influence would shrivel.#4 Cook's father, James, had fought to overthrow George III's grandfather during the first Jacobite Rebellion in 1715.

He had a rebel past, but he sailed off to claim new lands in the name of George III.