Captain Cook Encyclopaedia.
Contents:
The articles are written or prepared by John Robson (JCR) unless indicated otherwise.
6 Foreword and Acknowledgements. JCR
7 Introduction. JCR
10 James Cook (1728-1779) - a biography. JCR
20 The ENCYCLOPAEDIA:
21 Aborigines, Australian. JCR
22 Admiralty, the. JCR
23 Adventure, HMS JCR
23 Alaska. JCR
24 Anderson, Robert (1742-?). JCR
24 Anderson, William (1750-1778). JCR
25 Antarctica and Antarctic Circle. JCR
26 Antelope, HMS, HMS Tweed and HMS Lark. JCR
26 Arctic, the, and the Arctic Circle. JCR
27 Art of Cook's voyages. Pieter van der Merwe
30 "Artificial Curioities". JCR
30 Artists on Cook's voyages. JCR
31 Astronomical results of Cook's voyages. Wayne Orchiston
35 Australia. JCR
36 Austrian Succession, War of the (1740-1748). JCR
37 Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820). JCR
39 Bay of Islands / Ipipiri. JCR
39 Bayly, William (1737-1810). Don Anderson
40 Beaglehole, John Cawte (1901-1971) Tim Beaglehole
40 Bering Sea and Strait. JCR
42 Bibliographies on Cook. JCR
42 Billings, Joseph (1758-1806?). JCR
42 Biographies of Cook. JCR
43 Bligh, William. (1754-1817). JCR
44 Botanical results of Cook's voyages. JCR
47 Botany Bay (Kamay) and Kurnell. JCR
48 Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de (1729-1811). JCR
49 Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya). JCR
49 Buchan, Alexander (?-1769). JCR
50 Burney, James (1750-1821). JCR
51 Canada and Newfoundland. Victor Suthren
55 Cape Town and the Cape.JCR
56 Captain Cook Country.JCR
56 Captain Cook Society. Ian Boreham
57 Cartographical results of Cook's voyages. Andrew David
60 Cats (Barks).JCR
60 Charlton, William (1758-1810).JCR
60 Chronometers.JCR
61 Clerke, Charles (1743-1779). Ian Boreham
62 Cleveland.JCR
63 Coastal views. JCR
63 Coat of Arms, Cook's.JCR
64 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.JCR
64 Collett Family, the.JCR
64 Colnett, James (1753-1806).JCR
65 Colvill, Alexander, 7th Baron Colvill (1717-1770).JCR
65 Cook, Elizabeth (1741-1835).JCR
66 Cook and the Geographers. Glyndwr Williams
69 Cook as god & Cook's death. Tom Ryan
74 Cook family, the.JCR
75 Cook Inlet.JCR
75 Cook Islands.JCR
76 Cook's early years. Clifford E. Thornton
79 Cook' ships. Christopher Ware.
81 Cooktown and Endeavour Reef and River.JCR
82 Cooper, Robert Palliser (1743-1805).JCR
82 Copley Medal, the.JCR
83 Dalrymple, Alexander (1737-1808).JCR
84 David, Andrew.JCR
84 De Brosses, Charles (1709-1777).JCR
84 Deptford and Woolwich.JCR
85 Discipline and punishement. JCR
86 Discovery, HMS.JCR
86 Dixon, George (?-1800).JCR
87 Dockyards.JCR
87 Douglas, John (1721-1807).JCR
87 Dusky Sound / Tamatea.JCR
88 Dutch explorers.JCR
89 Eagle, HMS.JCR
89 Easter Island / Rapa Nui.JCR
89 Edgar, Thomas (1745-1801).JCR
90 Education, Cook's.JCR
90 Elliott, John (1757-1834).JCR
90 Ellis, William Webb (1756?-1785).JCR
91 Endeavour, HM Bark. JCR
92 Endeavour Replica.JCR
93 English Channel and Bay of Biscay.JCR
93 Enlightenment, the.JCR
93 Ethnological results of Cook's results. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
98 Falmouth, HMS, and HMS St. Albans.JCR
98 Fannin, Peter (?-?).JCR
98 Fiction, Cook in.JCR
99 Film and television, Cook in.JCR
99 First voyage, the (1768-1771).JCR
102 Florilegium of Joseph Banks.JCR
102 Flower, Peter (1748-1768).JCR
102 Forster family, the.JCR
104 France and French reaction to Cook.JCR
104 Freelove.JCR
105 Friendship.JCR
105 Furneaux, Tobias (1735-1781).JCR
106 Gibson, Samuel (?-1780).JCR
106 Gilbert family, the.JCR
106 Gore, John (1730?-1790).JCR
107 Graves, Thomas, Baron Graves (1725-1802).JCR
107 Great Ayton.JCR
108 Great Barrier Reef.JCR
108 Great Southern Continent, the / Terra Australis Incognita.JCR
110 Green, Charles (1734-1771).JCR
110 Greenwich.JCR
111 Grenville, HM Schooner.JCR
111 Grindall, Richard (1750-1820).JCR
112 Harrison, John (1693-1776).JCR
112 Harvey, William (1752-1807).JCR
113 Hatley, John (1760-1832).JCR
113 Hawai'i (Owhyhee).JCR
114 Hawaiian Islands and Hawaiians.JCR
115 Hawke of Towton, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron (1710-1781).JCR
116 Hawkesworth, John (1720-1773).JCR
116 Hergest, Richard (1754-1791).JCR
116 Hicks, Zachary (1739?-1771).JCR
117 Hodges, William (1744-1797).JCR
118 Hollomby, William (1746-1798). JCR
118 Holland, Samuel Johannes (1728-1801).JCR
118 Home, Alexander (1751-1823).JCR
118 Hood, Alexander (1758-1798).JCR
119 Huahine.JCR
120 Indigenous peoples of Cook. Tom Ryan
124 Jakarta (Batavia).JCR
124 Jefferys, Thomas (1719?-1771).JCR
125 Kalaniopu'u (?-1782).JCR
125 Kamehameha (1758-1819).JCR
126 Kaua'i and Ni'ihau.JCR
126 Kealakekua Bay.JCR
127 Kempe family, the.JCR
128 Kerguelen Island.JCR
128 King, James (1750-1784).JCR
129 Kippis, Andrew (1725-1795).JCR
130 Lane, Michael (1740-1794). JCR
130 Lapérouse, Jean-François de Galaup de (1741-1788?). JCR
131 Latitude. JCR
131 Law, John (?-1786?). JCR
131 Ledyard, John (1751-1788). JCR
131 Libraries and Archives. JCR
132 Lind, James (1716-1794). JCR
132 Literature of Cook's voyages, the. JCR
135 Littleboy family, the and Timothy Rarden. JCR
136 Logs, journals and muster rolls. JCR
137 London. JCR
138 Longitude. JCR
138 Lono and Makahiki. JCR
139 Louisbourg. JCR
139 Lunar distance method and lunar tables. JCR
141 Magra (Matra), James (1746-1806). JCR
141 Mai (Omai) (1753?-1780s). JCR
141 Manley, Isaac George (1756-1837). JCR
142 Maori. JCR
143 Marines, the. JCR
143 Marquesas Islands. JCR
144 Marra, John (1744 or 1747-1823). JCR
144 Martin, John Henry (1753-1823). JCR
144 Marton. JCR
144 Mary. JCR
144 Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811). JCR
145 Matavai Bay. JCR
146 Medals and money. JCR
147 Medical aspects of Cook's voyages. John M. Naish
150 Melanesia. JCR
150 Memorials to Cook. JCR
151 Mercury Bay / Te Whanganui-a-Hei. JCR
151 Molyneux, Robert (1746-67). JCR
152 Moorea. JCR
152 Mouat, Alexander (1761-1793). JCR
152 Munkhouse brothers, Jonathan (?-1771) and William Brougham (1732-1770).
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153 Museums. JCR
153 Music, Cook and. Vanessa Agnew
154 Music, Cook in. JCR
155 Nan Kivell, Sir Rex (1898-1977). JCR
155 Native Americans. JCR
157 Nautical Almanac, the. JCR
157 Navigation. JCR
158 Navy Board, the. JCR
158 New Caledonia. JCR
159 New Zealand. JCR
161 Newfoundland. JCR
163 Niue. JCR
163 "Noble savage", the. JCR
164 Nootka Sound. JCR
165 North Sea, the, and the Coal Trade. JCR
166 Northumberland, HMS. JCR
166 Northwest Passage, the. JCR
168 Nova Scotia and Halifax. JCR
169 Other Cooks. JCR
169 Pacific Exploration after Cook. JCR
171 Pacific Exploration before Cook. JCR
173 Pacific Ocean. JCR
173 Palliser, Sir Hugh (1722-1796). JCR
174 Parker, Sir William (1743-1802). JCR
175 Parkinson, Sydney (1745-1771). JCR
175 Patten, James (1744-1797). JCR
176 Peckover, William (1748-?). JCR
176 Pembroke, HMS. JCR
176 Perry, William (1747-1807?). JCR
176 Philately. Alwyn Peel
177 Phillips, Molesworth (1755-1832). JCR
178 Pickersgill, Richard (1749-1779). Ian Boreham
178 Poetry, Cook in. JCR
179 Polynesia. JCR
179 Polynesian Diaspora, the. JCR
179 Portlock, Nathaniel (1749-1817). JCR
180 Portraits of Cook. JCR
181 Poverty Bay / Turanga Nui and Gisborne. JCR
182 Prince William Sound. JCR
183 Pringle, Sir John (1707-1782). JCR
183 Published accounts. JCR
184 Purea (Oberea). JCR
185 Quakers. JCR
185 Quebec JCR
186 Queen Charlotte Sound / Totaranui. JCR
186 Quiros, Pedro Fernándes de (1565-1615). JCR
187 Raiatea. JCR
188 Religion and Cook. Michael Goldsmith
190 Resolution, HMS. JCR
191 Rickman, John (?-1818). JCR
191 Rio de Janeiro. JCR
191 Riou, Edward (1762-1801). JCR
192 Roberts, Henry (1757-1796). JCR
192 Rollett, Richard (1750-1821). JCR
192 Royal Navy, the. Christopher Ware
195 Royal Society, the. JCR
196 Russians. JCR
197 Saint Helena. JCR
197 Saint Lawrence River and Gulf. JCR
198 Samwell, David (1751-1798). John Morris
198 Sanderson, William. (1711-1773). Clifford E. Thornton
199 Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of (1718-1792). JCR
200 Scotland. JCR
200 Scurvy. JCR
201 Sea Otter fur trade. JCR
201 Seamanship. JCR
201 Second Voyage, the (1772-1775). JCR
204 Seven Years War, the (1756-1763). JCR
204 Sex, sexuality and venereal disease. JCR
205 Sextants, quadrants and octants. JCR
205 Ships' time or the Nautical day. JCR
205 Simcoe, John (?-1759). JCR
206 Skelton, Raleigh Ashlin (1906-1970). JCR
206 Skottowe family, the. JCR
206 Smith, Bernard (1916- ). JCR
207 Smith, Isaac(1752-1831). JCR
207 Society Islands, the. JCR
208 Solander, Daniel Carl (1733-1782). JCR
209 Solar eclipses. JCR
209 Solebay, HMS. JCR
209 South Georgia. JCR
210 South Sandwich Islands. JCR
210 Space, Cook in. JCR
211 Spanish explorers. JCR
212 Sparrman, Anders (1748-1820). JCR
212 Spöring, Herman (1733-1771). JCR
213 Staithes. JCR
213 Stephens, Sir Philip (1725-1809). JCR
213 Surveys and running surveys. JCR
214 Surville, Jean-François-Marie de (1717-1773). JCR
215 Tahiti. JCR
216 Tahitians. JCR
217 Tasman, Abel (1603-1659). JCR
218 Tasmania / Van Diemens Land. JCR
218 Taylor, William (1761-1842). JCR
219 Te To'ofa (?_?). JCR
219 Theatre, Cook in. JCR
220 Third voyage, the (1776-1780). JCR
222 Three Brothers. JCR
223 Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn and Staten Island. JCR
224 Tonga. JCR
226 Toponymy, Cook's. JCR
227 Torres, Luis Váez de (?-?). JCR
227 Transit of Mercury, the. JCR
227 Transit of Venus, the. JCR
228 Trevenen, James (1760-1790). JCR
228 Tu (Otoo) (1743?-1803). JCR
229 Tuamotu Archipelago. JCR
229 Tupaia (?-1770). JCR
230 Tutaha (?-1773). JCR
231 Unalaska and the Aleutian Islands. JCR
231 United Kingdom, the. JCR
232 Vancouver, George (1757-1798). JCR
232 Vanuatu (New Hebrides). JCR
234 Wales, William (1735-1798). JCR
234 Walker, John (1706-1785). Rosalin Barker
235 Wallis, Samuel (1728-1795). JCR
236 Wallpaper and stained glass. JCR
236 Wapping. Julia Rae
239 Ward, James (1758-1801 or 1806). JCR
239 Watts, John (?-1801). JCR
240 Webber, John (1751-1793). JCR
240 Weather. JCR
241 Websites and CD-ROMS. JCR
242 Whitby in the eighteenth century. Rosalin Barker
246 Williamson, John (?-1798). JCR
247 Young, George (1777-1848). JCR
247 Young, Nicholas (?-?). JCR
247 Zimmermann, Heinrich (1741-1805). JCR
247 Zoological Collectionss from Cook's voyages. Julia Bruce
254 APPENDICES.
254 Appendix I A Listing of Logs, Journals, etc associated with Captain James Cook's
ships. JCR
255 Appendix II Libraries, Archives and Museums. JCR
256 Appendix III Cook's crews. JCR
265 Appendix IV Cook Chronology. JCR
272 Appendix V Gazetteers of places named after James Cook, his ships and men who
sailed with James Cook on his ships. JCR
273 Appendix VI Royal Navy ships on which James Cook served or sailed.
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