The Crew of Cook's Three Voyages 1768-1779

The Crew of Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771

HMB Endeavour

Captain

James Cook

Lieutenants

Zachary Hicks

John Gore

Midshipmen

Charles Clerke

William Harvey

James Magra

Patrick Saunders

John Bootie

Jonathan Monkhouse

Master

Robert Molyneux

Boatswain

John Gathrey

Quartermasters

Alexander Weir

Samuel Evans

Carpenter

John Satterley

Sailmaker

John Ravenhill

Gunner

Stephen Forwood

Cook

John Thompson

Surgeon

William Monkhouse

i/c Marines

John Edgcumbe

Astronomer

Charles Green

Naturalists

Joseph Banks

Daniel Solander

Hermann Sporing

Artists

Sydney Parkinson

Alexander Buchan

The Crews of Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1775

HMS Resolution

HMS Adventure

Captain

James Cook

Tobias Furneaux

Lieutenants

Robert Cooper

Arthur Kempe

Richard Pickersgill

James Burney

Charles Clerke

Midshipmen

James Colnett

Thomas Woodhouse

William Harvey

Love Constable

Isaac Manley

Samuel Kemp

Thomas Willis

George Moorey

Joseph Price

Henry Lightfoot

Charles Loggie

John Lambrecht

Master

Joseph Gilbert

Peter Fannen

Boatswain

James Grey

Edward Johns

Quartermasters

Francis Scarnell

Robert Moody

Patrick Whelan

Francis Murphy

Anthony Atkin

Francis Treneer

Samuel Bordall

Robert Barber

John Ellwell

John Lockton

Carpenter

James Wallis

William Offord

Sailmaker

Richard Rollett

Andrew Hill

Gunner

Robert Anderson

Andrew Gloag

Cook

John Ramsay

Mortimer Mahoney

Surgeon

James Patton

Thomas Andrews

i/c Marines

John Edgcumbe

James Scott

Astronomer

William Wales

William Bayly

Naturalists

Johann Forster

Georg Forster

Anders Sparrman

Artist

William Hodges

The Crews of Cook's Third Voyage 1776-1780

HMS Resolution

HMS Discovery

Captains

James Cook

Charles Clerke

Charles Clerke

John Gore

John Gore

James King

Lieutenants

James King

James Burney

John Gore

John Rickman

John Williamson

William Harvey

James Burney

Midshipmen

William Charlton

Edward Riou

Richard Hergest

George Vancouver

William Midd

Alexander Mouat

James Trevenen

John Martin

William Shuttleworth

William Harvey

John Hatley

John Watts

James Ward

Master

William Bligh

Thomas Edgar

Boatswain

William Ewin

Aneas Aitken

Quartermasters

Patrick Whelan

William Hollamby

John Brown

William Stevens

Thomas Roberts

Carpenter

James Cleveley

Peter Reynolds

Sailmaker

William Widdall

William Hillsey

Gunner

Robert Anderson

William Peckover

Cook

Robert Morris

Robert Goulding

Surgeon

William Anderson

John Law

John Law

David Samwell

i/c Marines

Molesworth Phillips

James Kich

Astronomer

William Bayly

Artist

John Webber

John Robson

The lists contain only the officers and persons who played significant roles during the three voyages. I felt there were too many other crew members to include everyone.

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1913, volume 25, number 1 (2002).
Corrected in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25, number 3 (2002)
Explanation added in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25, number 4 (2002)


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