Captain CookDescription of his three voyages of exploration of Australia. |
Contents
Chronology | 7 |
Early Years | 15 |
How the First Voyage Came About | 28 |
Copyright | |
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actually Admiralty Adventure afterwards anchored Andrew Kippis Antarctic Antarctic Circle appointed astronomer Australia Banks Banks's Batavia berg Bering Strait Bligh boats Bouvet Cape Circumcision Cape Horn Captain Cook charted chronometer coast coastline command Cook Strait Cook's death Cook's journal crew Crozet Dalrymple Dalrymple's continent discovered eastern eastward Endeavour Endeavour's voyage England event expedition explore Furneaux Gould Greenwich harbour Horn Hudson Bay Instructions James Cook Kealakekua Bay King known land Larcum Kendal later latitude Lieutenant longitude mainland Master meridian miles natives Navy Board Newfoundland North North island northward observations October officers Palliser passage Petropavlosk Queen Charlotte's Sound reef refit Resolution and Discovery Royal Society Rupert Gould sailed scurvy second voyage seen ship ship's shore sighted Solander soon South Pacific Southern Continent Southern Thule southward spent station stood survey surveyor Tahiti Tasman timekeeper took Transit weather westward Zealand