The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World - Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Marc Notes: This seventh volume of the seven-volume illustrated edition of James Cook's journals, originally published in 1821, brings together these celebrated writings in an attractive format. Brief Description: This seven-volume illustrated edition of James Cook's journals, originally published in 1821, brings together these celebrated writings in an attractive format. Table of Contents: Book V. Captain King's Journal of the Transactions on Returning to the Sandwich Islands: 1. Description of Karakakooa Bay; 2. Farther account of transactions with natives; 3. Suspicious behaviour of the natives on our return to Karakakooa Bay; 4. Transactions at Owhyhee subsequent to the death of Captain Cook; 5. Departure from Karakakooa in search of an harbour on the south-east side of Mowee; 6. General account of the Sandwich Islands, their number, names and situation; 7. General account of the Sandwich Islands [and] their inhabitants; 8. General account of the Sandwich Islands, continued; Book VI. Transactions during the Second Expedition to the North, and on the Return Home: 1. Departure from Oneeheow; 2. Scarcity of provisions and stores at the harbour of Saint Peter and Saint Paul; 3. Continuation of transactions in the harbour; 4. Fruitless attempts to penetrate through the ice to the north-west; 5. Return to the harbour; 6. General account of Kamtschatka; 7. Of the inhabitants; 8. Plan of our future proceedings; 9. Working up to Macao; 10. Leave the Typa; 11. Departure from Pulo Condore; Appendix of languages.

Contributor Bio:  King, James James King is the author of four previous novels: Faking, Blue Moon, Transformations, and Pure Inventions. He is also the author of eight works of biography, the subjects of which include William Blake, Margaret Laurence, Jack McClelland, and Farley Mowat. His biography of Herbert Read, The Last Modern, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. James King lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and teaches at McMaster University in the Department of English.