Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage… by Stephen R. Bown · Audiobook preview

Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
Authored by Stephen R. Bown
Narrated by Joe Barrett

0:00 Intro
0:03 Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
0:28 PROLOGUE
8:27 PART ONE: SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY
55:19 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken. But just two years after returning to Britain, the forty-year-old Vancouver, hounded by critics, shamed by public humiliation at the fists of an aristocratic sailor he had flogged, and blacklisted because of a perceived failure to follow the Admiralty's directives, died in poverty, nearly forgotten. In this riveting and perceptive biography, historian Stephen Bown delves into the events that destroyed Vancouver's reputation and restores his position as one of the greatest explorers of the Age of Discovery.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen R. Bown is the author of The Last Viking, which won the Williams Mills Award for the best book on the Arctic in 2016. His award-winning books, including Scurvy and Madness, Betrayal, and the Lash, have led to a reputation as "Canada's Simon Winchester."

Joe Barrett has been a working stage, screen, and recording booth actor since 1974 and an award-winning and eight-time Audie Award-nominated audiobook narrator since 1999. He also practiced law for five years-but don't hold that against him. Joe is married to actress Andrea Wright, and together they have four children.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: April 30, 2024
ISBN: 9798855548303
Duration: 9 hr, 9 min
Genres: History / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / British Columbia (BC), History / Expeditions & Discoveries, History / North America