Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
You gotta respect a book with that many subheadings in its title. You also have to respect a book with shipwrecks, icebergs, Martin Van Buren, volcanoes, cannibals, imperialism, taxonomists, cats-o-nine-tail, loose Hawaiian natives and inspirational fodder for both Herman Melville and Charles Darwin. I recommend this book for the “yaaaargh!” within each of us.