Der geträumte Kontinent

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On behalf of the English crown, James Cook embarks in 1768 on a quest for the legendary southern continent in the Pacific. He returns as a doubter, a man who has discovered the limits of exploration, sensing the end of an era and increasingly questioning his role as a conqueror and colonizer. Jürgen Seidel's grand historical novel is a tale of an adventurous journey, a captivating epoch, and the eternal struggle of reason amidst the complexities of human existence.