Joan, I presume that you are referring to Joe Batts Arm, on Fogo Island, off the north coast of Newfoundland. Whilst Cook charted most of the coast of Newfoundland, he never charted that north coast, or the "French Shore" as it was called in Cook's day. So I do not think we can attribute Cook to naming that arm of the sea. Im addition, it would have been totally against naval protocol to give a family name to such a feature.

I notice that Captain Cooks wife had the maiden name of Batts. Is there any evidence that Joe Batts Arm was named after a member if her family?

Mark, according to the ship's muster, John Brown came from St. Ives a town in Huntingdonshire. He was 38 years old when he enlisted on Resolution as an AB seaman on 8 March 1776. He was promoted to Quartermaster on 1 January 1777, following the demotion of the previous holder of that post.

Is there anything known of John Brown, who was quartermaster on the third voyage please?
Thank you, Mark T

good stuff! I really enjoyed reading it. I think James Gore was in a lot of trips and ranks!

Clare, there were no women amongst the crew on any of Cook's 3 voyages of exploration. However, there nearly was a woman on his second voyage. Joseph Banks had arranged for a lady to meet him at Madeira, on the outward voyage. The woman dressed as a young man, but did not fool anybody. By the time that Resolution arrived, far later than Banks had told her to expect him, the woman had given up waiting and returned to England. Which was just as well as Banks had withdrawn from the voyage before it departed.

Mary, you are so right. All of Cook's crews were very cosmopolitan with people from a range of countries. Whilst the majority of his crew were English, on Endeavour he had men from Scotland Ireland and Wales, plus an Italian, one from Brazil and one from New York. When Cook was referring to his crew he called them "the people".

Do you happen to know (from the logs or other sources) whether there were any women on any of these voyages?

People keep referring to the 'English" when they mention Captain Cook & his crew arriving in Australia but were some crew members Scottish, Welsh or Irish, if so, shouldn't the term 'British' be used instead of English?

Annie, I tried Googling for the name "Cutler Green" and came up with a father and son of the same name living in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK in the 1770s. But he was not a hydropgrapher.