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The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Sea

Author
R. M. Ballantyne
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
2 hours 20 minutes
ISBN
9781802568028
Published
15 August 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Ballantyne
  • adventure
  • stories
  • Scotland
  • nature
  • youth
  • travel
  • courage
  • fun
  • games

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Description

Ballantyne puts a midshipman beside Cook in the Pacific: uncharted coasts, disease in the berth, boats over the reef toward islands the crew called cannibal. Contact as the 1860s told it — nerve, curiosity, a Christian gloss on the same deck as fear. Mapping and landing as the twin trades; Cook’s last-voyage shadow still over the horizon. Boys’ South Sea adventure spoken as weather, order, and the cost of going ashore.

Author

R. M. Ballantyne was an author and missionary who wrote adventure novels for children. Many of his books were set in the Scottish Highlands, and featured heroes who were brave and resourceful. Ballantyne's writing was praised for its exciting plots and accurate descriptions of nature. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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