Аннотация
Shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out at the helm of the USS Essex, intent on rounding Cape Horn and hunting British whaling and merchant ships in the Pacific Ocean. Porters odyssey took him to exotic isles and brought glory to the fledgling American navy, and in The Shining Sea, celebrated historian George C. Daughan tells the full story of this historic voyage for the first time. Porters cruise is now regarded as the greatest maritime adventure of the period, but his monomaniacal quest to capture a British man-of-war ultimately cost him his ship and the lives of over two-thirds of his crewa disgraceful end to a daring journey.A thrilling narrative of risk and ruin on the high seas, The Shining Sea brings to life one of the wars greatest tragedies, capturing Porters immense hubris and his cataclysmic failure.
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