Fatal Journey : The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
Peter C. Mancall is Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Southern California, and director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. He is the author of Hakluyt's Promise and At the Edge of Empire. He lives in Los Angeles.
Booklist
"Mancall's account of the doomed voyage is exciting, tense, and
tragic.... This is an excellent re-examination of [Hudson] and his
final, sad effort."
"Booklist"
"Mancall's account of the doomed voyage is exciting, tense, and
tragic.... This is an excellent re-examination of [Hudson] and his
final, sad effort."
"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"[Mancall's] facility with primary sources is astounding. The story
of Hudson's last voyage becomes, in his experienced hands, a lucid,
fascinating lens into early Atlantic explorations. The book
bristles with action, details about ship life, insight into British
laws (the mutineers were found not guilty), and jaw-dropping
accounts of encounters with Americans.""Seattle Times"
"This is a story that stretches the imagination and leaves the
reader with a shiver.""Las Cruces Sun-News"
"Mancall [is] a master storyteller and historian.... Any reader of
Dr. Mancall's account will be caught in an exciting adventure and
overwhelming tragedy.""Washington Times"
"Mr. Mancall writes with authority in tone and scholarship.""New
York Post"
"Rather than speculate, Mancall delivers the story of how Hudson's
crusade put him on a collision course with his men.... But the
story is perhaps most compelling in its descriptions of the
Northern territory itself.""Washington Post"
"["Fatal Journey"] recounts the puzzling episode of a captain
overthrown by an enraged faction of his own crew.... [A] short and
dependable guide to what befell a great but flawed
explorer.""Newark Star-Ledger"
"For fans of "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "The Caine Mutiny," "Fatal
Journey" will only add to the store and lore of desperate actions
on the high seas.... [Mancall] combines forensic history with
pulsing narrative to achieve a highly credible account of how the
mission unraveled.""Boston Globe"
"Bracingly told."
"Boston Globe"
"Fatal Journey is a rich, exhilarating narrative of exploration,
desperation, and ice-bound tragedy."
"History Magazine"
"Mancall places Hudson and the mutiny in the context of their age,
a time when economic and cultural forces lured explorers and
sailors into the dangers of a new world in search of profit and
fame."
"Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research"
"Mancall, in this fascinating account based on a great deal of
research, provides a reasonable explanation of Hudson's likely
fate, after probably surviving for a polar winter or two.... I
recommended this excellent book to both armchair explorers and
serious students of the history of the Arctic."
"The Working Waterfront"
""Fatal Journey" is both poignant and tragic. Henry Hudson is
presented as a dominating, unyielding captain, consumed with an
Ahab-like obsession to seek a northern passage."
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