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Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World / Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71

James Cook

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 557 pages

Captain Cook's Journal is the firsthand travel account of James Cook's first voyage around the world in HMS Endeavour (1768–71). It records the transit of Venus, the charting of New Zealand and Australia's east coast, and encounters with Indigenous peoples. A vivid primary source for anyone interested in exploration and maritime history.

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CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL.

FIRST VOYAGE.

PLATE: PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK WITH A FACSIMILE OF HIS

SIGNATURE.

Collotype, Waterlow & Sons Ltd.

CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL

DURING HIS

FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD

MADE IN

H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR"

1768-71

A Literal Transcription of the

Original MSS.

WITH

NOTES AND INTRODUCTION

EDITED BY

CAPTAIN W.J.L. WHARTON, R.N., F.R.S.

Hydrographer of the Admiralty.

Illustrated by Maps and Facsimiles.

LONDON

ELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW

1893

43931

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Contents

  1. CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL. FIRST VOYAGE.
  2. CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL DURING HIS FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD MADE IN H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR" 1768-71 A Literal Transcrip
  3. PREFACE.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.
  7. PERSONS WHO LEFT ENGLAND IN H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 26TH AUGUST, 1768.
  8. A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR, ON A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, COM
  9. CHAPTER 1. ENGLAND TO RIO JANEIRO.
  10. CHAPTER 2. RIO JANEIRO TO TAHITI.
  11. CHAPTER 3. TAHITI.
  12. CHAPTER 4. TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND.
  13. CHAPTER 5. EXPLORATION OF NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.
  14. CHAPTER 6. EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.
  15. CHAPTER 7. PASSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND TO NEW HOLLAND.
  16. CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
  17. CHAPTER 9. FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA.
  18. CHAPTER 10. BATAVIA TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
  19. CHAPTER 11. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ENGLAND.
  20. INDEX.
  21. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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