The Life and Voyages of Captain James Cook/Contents
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| CHAPTER I. | Birth, Parentage, and early Employments of Cook, to his entering the Navy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER II. | Cook volunteers into the Navy—is promoted—serves at Quebec, and Newfoundland.—Returns home, and marries—is appointed Marine Surveyor of Newfoundland, &c. His Charts. Mistake of Chalmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER III. | Cook appointed to conduct the Voyage to the S. Sea, for observing the Transit of Venus. Officers and Scientific Gentlemen. Arrival at Madeira,—Rio Janeiro—Terra del Fuego—Pacific Ocean—Otaheite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER IV. | Friendly intercourse and trade with the Tahitians. Fort and observatory erected. Musket stolen—native shot. Tootahah—Oberea. Transit of Venus. Manners of the natives. Tupia and his boy taken on board. Departure from Otaheite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER V. | Huaheine visited—Ulietea—Otaha—Bolabola. Departure from the Society Islands. Oheteroa discovered. Comet seen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER VI. | New Zealand discovered. Some natives killed: others taken and kindly treated. Various capes and bays observed. Bay of Islands. Queen Charlotte's Sound. The natives cannibals. Cook's Straits. The islands circumnavigated. Memorials left. Everett's verses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER VII. | New S. Wales discovered, and the coast traced. Botany Bay. Thirsty Sound. The Endeavour strikes on a rock; is got off, and repaired. Transactions at Endeavour River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER VIII. | Perils of the voyage—Providential Channel. Possession Island—Endeavour Straits. New Guinea—Savu. Batavia. Great sickness and death there, and on the passage to the Cape. Voyage home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER IX. | Cook received with much honour. His letters to Mr. Walker. Narrative of the voyage. Visit to Ayton and Whitby. New expedition. Resolution and Adventure. Instructions for the Second Voyage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER X. | Arrival at Madeira—St. Jago—Cape of Good Hope. Antarctic Seas. Icebergs. Snips parted. Aurora australis. Dusky Bay. The ships meet in Q. Charlotte's Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XI. | Animals and Vegetables left at New Zealand. Voyage to the S. and E.—Islands discovered. Otaheite. Oaitipiha. King Waheatua. Matavai. King Otoo. Huaheine. King Oree—Omai. Ulietea—Oreo, Oedidee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XII. | Harvey's Island discovered. Friendly Isles. Services of Attago. Stupid Areeke. Passage to New Zealand. Ships finally parted. Q. Charlotte's Sound. Cannibalism. Voyage towards the S. Pole. Return northward. The Captain's plans: his sickness and recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XIII. | Easter Island.—Marquesas. Other islands visited. Otaheite: improved state of the island: large fleet. Transactions at Otaheite. Population. Huaheine: Oree—thefts—dramatic representations. Ulietea: friendship of Oreo: parting with him, and with Oedidee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XIV. | Small islands met with. Savage Island. Annamooka. New Hebrides:—Mallicollo—Erromango. Transactions at Taona; its Volcano, &c. Errouau—Annatom—Tierra del Espiritu Santo, of Quiros. Bougainville's Passage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XV. | New Caledonia. Incidents there. Coast explored. Dangers incurred. Norfolk Isle. Q. Charlotte's Sound. Horrible fate of a boat's crew, belonging to the Adventure. Sequel of the Adventure's Voyage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XVI. | Voyage to Terra del Fuego. Christmas Sound. Cape Horn. Success Bay. New Year's Harbour and Isles, in Staten Land. S. Georgia discovered. Sandwich Land. Southern Thule. Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope—St Helena—Ascension—Fernando de Neronha—Fayal. Arrival in England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XVII. | Interest felt in Cook's arrival. Honours conferred on him. New Voyage projected. Letters to Mr. Walker. Notices of Omai—his trip to York, Scarborough—Mulgrave, &c. Cook's Father. Lord Mulgrave, the navigator. Cook's honours as a scholar;—his merits as an author. Equipment of the Resolution and Discovery. Presents to Omai, &c. Letter to Commodore Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. | Cook proceeds on his third voyage. Teneriffe. Cape of G. Hope. Kerguelen's Land. Van Diemen's Land. New Zealand. Kahoora the murderer. New Zealand youths taken on board, to accompany Omai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XIX. | Discovery of Mangeea—of Wateeoo. Omai meets three of his countrymen. Hervey Island. Palmerston Island. Komango. Annamooka. Feenou, and other chiefs. Hapaee Isles. Festivities and exhibitions there. King Poulaho. Tongataboo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XX. | Festivities at Tongataboo. The natche, &c. Eaooa. Observations on the Friendly Isles. Toobonai discovered. Arrival at Oaitipiha in Otaheite. Visit of the Spaniards. Omai's imprudence. Matavai—Otoo—Oedidee. War with Eimeo. Human sacrifices. Peace restored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXI. | Eimeo. Maheine's dishonesty. Severe measures for recovering stolen goats. Huaheine: Omai's settlement there. His history. Notices of Oedidee. Ulietea. Deserters; trouble in recovering them. Bolabola. Christmas Island. Sandwich Islands discovered—Atooi—Oneeheow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXII. | American Coast. Nootka Sound. Prince William's Sound. Cook's River. Oonalashka. The Tschutski. Behring's Straits. Progress stopped by ice. Return southward. Norton's Sound. Russian traders at Oonalashka. Return to the Sandwich Islands—Mowee—Owhyhee—Karakakooa Bay. Close of Captain Cook's Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. | Crowds of natives. Divine honours paid to Capt. Cook. Reflections on the subject. King Terreeoboo's munificence. Furniture of the Morai bought. Departure from Karakakooa. Return. Thefts of the natives. Attack on the pinnace. Cutter stolen. Capt. Cook endeavours to get the King on board: is opposed. Quarrel with the natives. Death of Capt. Cook. Treatment of his body. Negociations for recovering it. Village of Kakooa burnt. Bones of Captain Cook recovered and interred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. | Sequel of the voyage. Its publication. Cook's death universally lamented. His high character acknowledged, and his memory honoured. Respect shewn to his family. Notices of his relations. Monuments erected to his honour. Happy results of his Voyages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Portrait of Captain Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To face | Title | |
Marton Church (see below) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
p. 1 | ||
Staiths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Whitby, from the Angel Inn Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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New Zealanders in Dusky Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
p. 136 | ||
Otaheite, from the N.W., with Canoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
p. 376 | ||
Death of Captain Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
p. 435 | ||
Easby Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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