Exploration & Journeys
First Voyage of James Cook Volume 1
James Cook
2026
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He was sent to watch Venus cross the sun, and handed sealed orders to find a continent. Cook's first voyage takes the Endeavour to Tahiti, then south and west to New Zealand and the coast of Australia, charting as he went with a precision nobody had managed before. The journal that redrew the Pacific, in the plain words of the man conning the ship.
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34 chapters
- 1Introduction, and Bk. I Ch. I, The Passage from Plymouth to Madeira, with some Account of that Island31m
- 2Bk. I Ch. 2 Pt. 1 The Passage from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro . . .30m
- 3Bk. I Ch. 2 Pt. 232m
- 4Bk. I Ch. 3 The Passage from Rio de Janeiro to the Entrance of the Strait of Le Maire, with a Description of some of the Inhabitants of Terra del Fuego14m
- 5Bk. I Ch. 4 An Account of what happened in ascending a Mountain to search for Plants18m
- 6Bk. I Ch. 5 The Passage through the Strait of Le Maire, and a further Description of the Inhabitants of Terra del Fuego, and its Productions19m
- 7Bk. I Ch. 6 A general Description of the south-east Part of Terra del Fuego, and the Strait of Le Maire . . .17m
- 8Bk. I Ch. 7 The Sequel of the Passage from Cape Horn to the newly discovered Islands in the South Seas . . .24m
- 9Bk. I Ch. 8 The Arrival of the Endeavour at Otaheite . . .22m
- 10Bk. I Ch. 9 A Place fixed upon for an Observatory and Fort . . .22m
- 11Bk. I Ch. 10 An Excursion to the eastward, an Account of several Incidents that happened both on Board and on Shore, and of the first Interview with Oberea . . .28m
- 12Bk. I Ch. 11 The Observatory set up . . .32m
- 13Bk. I Ch. 12 Some Ladies visit the Fort with very uncommon Ceremonies . . .18m
- 14Bk. I Ch. 13 Another Visit to Tootahah, with various Adventures . . .24m
- 15Bk. I Ch. 14 The Ceremonies of an Indian Funeral particularly described . . .31m
- 16Bk. I Ch. 15 An Account of the Circumnavigation of the Island . . .40m
- 17Bk. I Ch. 16 An Expedition of Mr. Banks to trace the River . . .27m
- 18Bk. I Ch. 17 Pt. 1 A particular Description of the Island; its Produce and Inhabitants . . .32m
- 19Bk. I Ch. 17 Pt. 232m
- 20Bk. I Ch. 18 Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite40m
- 21Bk. I Ch. 19 Pt. 1 Of the Division of Time in Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of Distance . . .26m
- 22Bk. I Ch. 19 Pt. 226m
- 23Bk. I Ch. 20 Pt. 1 A Description of several other Islands in the Neighbourhood of Otaheite . . .38m
- 24Bk. I Ch. 20 Pt. 235m
- 25Bk. II Ch. 1 The Passage from Oteroah to New Zealand . . .36m
- 26Bk. II Ch. 2 Pt. 1 A Description of Poverty Bay, and the Face of the adjacent Country . . .33m
- 27Bk. II Ch. 2 Pt. 232m
- 28Bk. II Ch. 3 Pt. 1 The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay . . .33m
- 29Bk. II Ch. 3 Pt. 232m
- 30Bk. II Ch. 4 Pt. 1 The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands . . .29m
- 31Bk. II Ch. 4 Pt. 225m
- 32Bk. II Ch. 5 Range from the Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte’s Sound . . .38m
- 33Bk. II Ch. 6 Pt. 1 Transactions in Queen Charlotte’s Sound . . .34m
- 34Bk. II Ch. 6 Pt. 231m
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