Table of Contents

Vol I: introduction to the first voyage; note on Polynesian history; textual introduction; subordinate manuscript sources - Cook's log, other logs and journals, civilians' journals; the printed sources; the graphic records; note on the printing of the text; note on the annotation; the instructions; the journal; appendices - Cook's letters and reports describing the voyage, the Royal Society and the voyage. Vol II: textual introduction; subordinate manuscript sources - Cook's log, other logs and journals, civilians' journals; the printed sources; the graphic records; note on the annotation; the instructions; the journal; appendices - Cook's letters and reports on and about the voyage, the controversy over the "Resolution", the Board of Longitude and the voyage, extracts from officers' records. Vol III, part I: textual introduction; subordinate manuscript sources - logs and journals, miscellaneous; the printed sources; the graphic records; notes on the printing; the instructions; the journal; supplement to Cook's journal. Vol III, part II: appendices - Anderson's journal, Samwell's journal, extracts from officers' journals, the ships' companies, calendar of documents.

Reviews

A principal source for understanding European exploration of the Pacific in the eighteenth century. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The most important book ever written about Cook.
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