Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
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James Cook. Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
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ILLUSTRATIONS
SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE
PERSONS WHO LEFT ENGLAND IN H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 26TH AUGUST, 1768
A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR, ON A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, COMMANDER, COMMENCING THE 25TH OF MAY, 1768
EXPLANATION (FROM JOURNAL)
CHAPTER 1. ENGLAND TO RIO JANEIRO
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR
1768
CHAPTER 2. RIO JANEIRO TO TAHITI
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TOWARDS TERRA DEL FUEGO
MODERN CHART OF SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN SHOWING TRACK OF H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 1769 TO 1770
CHAPTER 3. TAHITI
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, ETC., AT GEORGE'S ISLAND
FACSIMILE OF SATURDAY, 3RD JUNE, 1769
CHART OF THE ISLAND OTAHEITE, BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, 1769. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART
TAHITI: TYPES OF CANOES
CHAPTER 4. TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AT SEA
CHART OF THE SOCIETY ISLES, DISCOVERED BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, 1769. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART
CHAPTER 5. EXPLORATION OF NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
CHAPTER 6. EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
WAR CANOE OF NEW ZEALAND
CHAPTER 7. PASSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND TO NEW HOLLAND
CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 9. FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA
TRACK OF ENDEAVOUR FROM TORRES STRAIT TO JAVA. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1770
FACSIMILE OF TUESDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 1770
CHAPTER 10. BATAVIA TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
CHAPTER 11. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ENGLAND
POSTCRIPT
INDEX
CHART OF NEW ZEALAND, EXPLORED IN 1769 AND 1770, BY LIEUTENANT J. COOK, COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR, ENGRAVED BY I. BAYLY. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART
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James Cook
Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71
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Mr. Green also demands special notice.
One great question of the day amongst seamen and geographers was the discovering of some ready and sure method of ascertaining the longitude. Half the value of the explorations made up to this time had been lost from this want. The recognised means of finding longitude was by the observation of lunars; that is, accurately measuring the angular distance between the centres of the moon and of the sun, or of the moon and some star.
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