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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Log-Book of the Endeavour |
| Author(s) | Captain Cook |
| Section | Section I: Cultural Contacts, 1492-1969 |
| Date | 1768-1771 |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Diary |
| Library | British Library |
| Reference | Add Mss 8959 |
| Notes | Follow the course of Cook's first voyage of exploration, via his notes on the weather, day-to-day running of the ship, life at sea and his encounters with Tahitians, Maoris and Australian Aborigines |
| Region | South America, Australasia, South East Asia |
| Names | Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks (ff56, 59, 77, 98v) |
| Places | Madeira (f8v), Tenerife (f10v), Latin America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (f23), Terra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego (f33v), Oceania, Society Islands, King George Island, Tahiti (f54v), French Polynesia, New Zealand (f77), Poverty Bay, Cape Kidnappers, Tolagu Bay (f80v), Talogu, Queen Charlotte's Sound (f96), Australia, New Holland, Botany Bay (f116), Great Barrier Reef (f125), New Guinea, Batavia, Jakarta, Java, St Helena (f164) |
| Topics | journal, exploration, navigation, weather, trading with island natives, preparing for voyage (f1), rations, health and disease, supplying and maintaining the ship (f24), liat sea, discipline of ship (ff24, 35v, 85v, 124), man over board (f51), indigenous peoples, South American Indians (f34v), Tahitians, natives of King George's Island (f55v), bartering, trade, gifts, attitude to property, stealing (f57v), crime and punishment (f58), observation of Venus (f57), natural history, penguins (f32), seals, tropical birds, breadfruit, coconuts (f56), Maoris, colonial conflict, battle, skirmishes with Maoris, (ff77, 78, 82, 85), attempted kidnapping of Tupaia's servant (f78v), trade (ff80v, 82, 96), stealing (f81), Australian Aborigines (ff116, 127), stuck on Great Barrier Reef (f125) |
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