Journals [manuscript]. 1777-1779.

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Journals [manuscript]. 1777-1779.

MS "Journal of the account of Otaheite and our transactions there" (Sept. 1777-Jan. 1778), (28 ff.), also a page containing a chart of Trarabon. MS "Journal of the account of the death of Capt. James Cook on Owhyee in the Sandwich Islands, January 1779" and "Description of the country of Kamtschatka from April 1779". The journal ends abruptly (61 p. quarto). Also an extract from sales catalogue printed ca. 1925.

1 v. (29 fol., 61 p.)

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Libraries Australia

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...

Home, Alexander Captain.

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Captain in the Royal Navy. From the description of Journals [manuscript]. 1777-1779. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225819616 ...