The dramatic exploits that made Cook famous all appeared in his first visit to New Zealand--superb seamanship in storms at sea, unrivalled skill in cartography, humanity in meeting the Maoris, finding precise longitude, and not least, keeping his sailors healthy. From Richard Aulie's study of the first voyage.
From Richard Aulie's study of the first voyage.
Passage to "Staeten Landt" The Tasman Voyage Storm at Sea Along the East Coast The Landing at Poverty Bay Taking Hostages "Black be the Mark for it" Among the Canoes Anaura Bay Tolaga Bay The Bay of Plenty Mercury Bay The River Thames The Bay of Islands Cape Maria van Diemen Ship Cove Around South Island Epilogue Footnotes
To the south, in dark time past, did sail seafarers in canoes of the great fleet, did the children of Tane, leaving far behind the many isl'd Hawaiki. To the sea-lashed Te Ika a Maui they came, to the land of the long white cloud, where hangs the sky far below the guiding star.1
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