oceania

The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas.

Theroux compares the vast Pacific to the universe; each island like a distant star, each archipelago like a galaxy.

Draws from primary sources and interviews with surviving veterans of all ranks and duties to recreate the Pacific War of World War II as it was fought in the skies by forces from Japan, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand; exploring technology and tactics, the battlefield, living conditions, leadership, morale, and other topics.

Provides hundreds of facts about Cook and the age of discovery and exploration.