Joanne's Reviews > Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

A very interesting read about the American expedition that charted the South Pacific and determined there was land (Antarctica as we know it today) at the bottom of the world. It took four years for the expedition to circle the world and Philbrick gives us a marvelous adventure filled with suspense and daring explorers. Facing the wild waters of Cape Hope, fighting the ice and weather at the worlds bottom, encountering cannibals in the South Pacific-the action in this book never stops.

The story is also about the captain of this fleet, Charles Wilkes. a man who got the job basically because no one else wanted it. Wilkes was not prepared, nor worthy of leading such a massive endeavor and his leadership skills come in to question over and over again.

This was just my second Philbrick book and I am looking forward to reading more by him