A talk in celebration of World Oceans Day will present a modern perspective of Captain James Cook.

Hampton Sides, an historian, author and journalist, will deliver a talk in the Tradewinds Auditorium of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on June 9.

The event, which will start at 6pm, is a collaboration between the Bermuda National Trust and BUEI Talks.

Mr Sides will present The Life and Death of Captain Cook, Re-Explored, based on his book The Wide Wide Sea.

The BNT and BUEI said: “Captain James Cook was arguably Britain’s greatest navigator and his three ambitious voyages around the world were among the most consequential in world history. But his legacy has become controversial today, as island communities around the globe have begun to view the vaunted explorer as a symbol of colonialism and the tip of the imperial spear.

“The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook reassesses the eminent seafarer through a modern lens.

“With a vivid slide show, Hampton Sides will narrate his own travels in documenting Cook’s epic final voyage around the world, while also deconstructing the complex circumstances that led to Cook's dramatic death in Hawaii on February 14, 1779.”

• Tickets can be bought through BUEI.org/events or ptix.bm. Books will be available for purchase and the author will sign copies after the talk