At the end of James Cook's First Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, he wrote on 13 August 1768 from his home at Mile End to the Admiralty Secretary: "Herewith you will receive the Bulk of the Curiosity's I have collected in the Course of the Voyage..." Ever since then, people have been collecting items brought back by Captain Cook, and other on his ships. And they are still doing so today as items still come onto the market to be sold in auctions and elsewhere. However, for most people, Cook collecting is confined to books about him and his times, articles that have appeared in journals and magazines, coins and medals to commemorate or celebrate him, stamps depicting him, the places he went to, the birds seen, paintings and engravings. To view what we have to say about them click on the words in the list on the left. You can see the books reviews that have appeared in the pages of Cook's Log, And download a list of many stamps about Cook, as well as see some of them.
At the end of James Cook's First Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, he wrote on 13 August 1768 from his home at Mile End to the Admiralty Secretary: "Herewith you will receive the Bulk of the Curiosity's I have collected in the Course of the Voyage..."
Ever since then, people have been collecting items brought back by Captain Cook, and other on his ships. And they are still doing so today as items still come onto the market to be sold in auctions and elsewhere.
However, for most people, Cook collecting is confined to
To view what we have to say about them click on the words in the list on the left. You can see the books reviews that have appeared in the pages of Cook's Log, And download a list of many stamps about Cook, as well as see some of them.
It has come to our attention that spam mailers (senders of bulk unsolicited e-mail) have been forging their mail with this domain as the point of origin. As a matter of policy, we do not send out e-mail from our domain name. If you have received an email that appears to be from "@CaptainCookSociety.com" it was forged and sent without our consent, knowledge, or the use of our servers.