- ISBN: 9780689839894 | 0689839898
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/2002
It is known that in the summer of 1768, Captain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.SEndeavour,beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a stowaway on that ship.Newbery winner Karen Hesse re-creates Cook's momentous voyage through the eyes of this remarkable boy, creating a fictional journal filled with fierce hurricanes, warring natives, and disease, as Nick discovers new lands, incredible creatures, and lifelong friends.