Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage round the Worl... - 9781108070508

Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage round the World, made in H.M. Bark Endeavour, 176871A Literal Transcription of the Original MSS\nAuthor(s): James Cook, William James Lloyd Wharton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108070508, 978-1108070508\nSynopsis\nFamed for his exploration of the Pacific and Australasia, James Cook [tel] was also an excellent surveyor and a meticulous keeper of records. The journal entries presented here cover Cook's first voyage around the world aboard the Endeavour, during which he mapped New Zealand and claimed the eastern coastline of Australia for George III, having made landfall at Botany Bay. Cook's journal is an invaluable first-hand account containing nautical details of his voyage around the Pacific as well as geographical observations, descriptions of flora and fauna, and notes on the peoples, cultures and languages encountered. Critical of the 1773.