The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,788 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
360 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook is an audiobook by Hampton Sides: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released April 9, 2024, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- April 9, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Europe, World
- ISBN
- 9780593821329
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook as an audiobook?
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook?
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook is narrated by Peter Noble.
Is The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.