Captain Cook’s Journal During The First Voyage Round The World
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This Bay I shall clarify when I come to speake of the rest of the Coast. Hoisted out the Boats and moor’d with the Stream Attach. While this was doing I went ashore accompanyed by Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander to look for a Watering place and to speak with the Natives, who were assembled on the Beach at the Head of the Bay to the Number of 30 or 40. They were so far from being worried or surprised at our coming amongst them that three of them came on board lacking the least indecision. They are something above the Middle size, of a Dark Copper Colour with long black hair; they paint their Bodies in Streakes, mostly Red and Black.
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Not a spellbinding narrative; these are James Cook’s actual log books and contain lengthy passages of sextant readings, weather, currents, and so on. It picks up when the Endeavour makes land and Cook has to deal with colonial bureaucrats, set up relations with natives, or discipline misbehaving crew. Cook’s personality slowly reveals itself through his dry, veddy British comments on events throughout the voyage. It’s also fun to pull up Google Planet and follow along using the daily lattitude & longitude.
The route starts from London, and includes Rio de Janiero, around Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, circumnavigation of New Zealand, mapping of Australia’s east coast, Batavia [Jakarta], and Cape Town. This edition was published in 1893 with and introduction and past notes throughout by Captain W,J,L, Wharton.
This book would be invaluable for an leader writing about 18th century seafaring and exploration.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5