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1 4 y separately published work icon Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771 James Cook , London : British Museum Photographic Service , 1900-1999 Z1559913 1768-1771 single work diary

'Holograph journal of the voyage of H.M.S. Endeavour during which Cook discovered Eastern Australia and circumnavigated New Zealand. Bound with the journal is a copy of a report from John Hutchinson, surgeon of the Dolphin to Capt. Samuel Wallis, 16th May 1768, of observations on the effects of saloop, portable soup, mustard and vinegar, distilled water and beef fat on scurvy.'

For further details and publications of the journal see J.C. Beaglehole (ed.) The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery I (1955-1974): cxciv-cciv.

(National Library of Australia record)

'The Endeavour Journal was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2001.' (National Library of Australia record)
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