The Life of Captain James Cook, the Circumnavigator

by Arthur Kitson

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Author: Kitson, Arthur, 1848-1915
Credits: Produced by Sue Asscher
Language: English
LoC Class: G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject: Geographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 10842
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10842
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK — WITH PORTRAIT AND MAP. — TO MY WIFE LINDA DOUGLAS KITSON. — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S. — CHAPTER 1. EARLY YEARS. — CHAPTER 2. 1755 TO 1757. H.M.S. EAGLE. — CHAPTER 3. 1757 TO 1759. H.M.S. PEMBROKE. — CHAPTER 4. 1759 TO 1762. H.M.S. NORTHUMBERLAND. — CHAPTER 5. 1763 TO 1767. NEWFOUNDLAND. — CHAPTER 6. 1768. PREPARATIONS FOR FIRST VOYAGE. — CHAPTER 7. 1768 TO 1769. PLYMOUTH TO OTAHEITE. — CHAPTER 8. 1769. SOCIETY ISLANDS. — CHAPTER 9. 1769 TO 1770. NEW ZEALAND. — CHAPTER 10. 1770. AUSTRALIA. — CHAPTER 11. 1770 TO 1771. NEW GUINEA TO ENGLAND. — CHAPTER 12. 1771. PREPARATIONS FOR SECOND VOYAGE. — CHAPTER 13. 1772 TO 1774. SECOND VOYAGE. — CHAPTER 14. 1774 TO 1775. SECOND VOYAGE CONCLUDED. — CHAPTER 15. 1775 TO 1776. ENGLAND. — CHAPTER 16. 1776 TO 1777. THIRD VOYAGE. — CHAPTER 17. 1777 TO 1779. THIRD VOYAGE CONTINUED. — CHAPTER 18. 1779 TO 1780. THIRD VOYAGE CONCLUDED. — CHAPTER 19. APPRECIATION AND CHARACTER. — INDEX.

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