Madness, Betrayal and the Lash : The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver / Stephen R Brown

The author of Scurvy reevaluates the story of the disgraced maritime explorer while chronicling his daring exploration of Hawaii and the American Pacific coast as part of an ambition to claim the region for Britain, in an account that upholds Vancouver as an exemplary explorer whose reputation was wrongfully damaged by public vindictiveness.

Last copy, now out of print.