In each issue of Cook's Log an article appears saying what was happening to Captain Cook during his voyages.
Some of these articles are available to be read here.
Karen, you can read part of Captain Cook's actual journal for the start of his third voyage at the following website http://archive.ceda.ac.uk/cgi-bin/corral/view_images/a=55/p=3/l=111/v=1After the Hawaiian Islanders had killed Captain Cook, his body was divided up and distributed to the local chiefs in accordance with the usual customs. Eventually, the local priests managed to secure the return of many parts of Captain Cook's body, and he was given a ceremonial burial at sea off Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.
In 2000 the local public library used to have a copy of Captain Cooks log- the part that was finished by Leiutenant James. This is no longer available. I was trying to show it to someone today and the only copy of any history states that they did not know what actually happened to his body. How hard will it be for me to get a copy?
Scott, DNA analyses, have revealed traces of Polynesian DNA in a number of people. This has prompted a number of enquiries to the Captain Cook Society about Polynesians who may have returned with Cook's ships. Polynesians were good sailors and a several came to the UK on board sailing ships in the early 19th century. Only one came to England via Cook's voyages, this was Omai who was brought from the Pacific aboard the Adventure, Cook's companion vessel on his second voyage, which was commanded by Tobias Furneaux. Omai stayed in England for two years before he was taken back to the Pacific by Captain Cook on his 3rd voyage.
I am trying to find a list of all the crew members on all of his ships. I am also interested if any Polynesian people returned with him or married any of the crew.
Rodney, I suggest that you use the Google Books website - https://books.google.comUse the search facility to look for "Voyage to the Pacific" "James Cook" - as a combined search.You will find a number of different editions come up as options.You can either read them on-line, or you can sometimes download the text as an e-book. Look for the "E-Book" symbol in red in the upper left.Please note that you may need to download several books, as Google treats individual volumes separately.
I am looking for an ebook of the final Journal of Captain Cook to download.Can you help?
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Greetings,I have heard that Captain cook crossed around the Antarctic circle. Do you know if there are any references to this is his logs?Thank you very much,Hamish
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