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Issue Details: First known date: 1955-1974... 1955-1974 The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery
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* Contents derived from the Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
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Cambridge University Press , 1955-1974 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, James Cook , 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)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:

Contents: v. 1. The voyage of the Endeavor, 1768-1771

v. 2. The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775.

v. 3., pts. 1-2 The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780

v. 4. The life of Captain James Cook.

Charts &​ views drawn by Cook and his officers and reproduced from the original manuscripts.

Last amended 22 Oct 2012 11:22:26
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