Full title (of the transcription):
Captain Cook’s Journal
during his first voyage round the world
made in
H.M. Bark “Endeavour”
1768-71
Title of the journal:
A Journal of the Proceedings of His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour, on a Voyage Round the World, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, Commencing the 25th of May, 1768
Shortened by me to
'Journal of the Endeavour'
The text for this epub was taken from the online version available at
The University of Adelaide, reformatted and tidied up for better viewing on an e-reader.
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In 1766 the Royal Society engaged Cook to travel to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the transit of Venus across the Sun. Cook, at the age of 39, was promoted to lieutenant and named as commander of the expedition.[19][20] The expedition sailed from England on 26 August 1768,[21] rounded Cape Horn and continued westward across the Pacific to arrive at Tahiti on 13 April 1769, where the observations of the Venus Transit were made. However, the result of the observations was not as conclusive or accurate as had been hoped. Once the observations were completed, Cook opened the sealed orders which were additional instructions from the Admiralty for the second part of his voyage: to search the south Pacific for signs of the postulated rich southern continent of Terra Australis.[22] Cook then sailed to New Zealand and mapped the complete coastline, making only some minor errors. He then voyaged west, reaching the south-eastern coast of Australia on 19 April 1770, and in doing so his expedition became the first recorded Europeans to have encountered its eastern coastline.
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The deep sea parts are quite tedious, but the visits to the various
islands are absolutely fascinating.
Trekkies will appreciate this
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