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For, The voyages of discovery the activities of Cook, ships' officers, masters and professional supernumeraries are not indexed in detail. They are covered by the movements and visits of the ships in which they served, under the following abbreviations:
- (1768-71) Endeavour End.
- (1772-5) Resolution and AdventureRes.(1) Adv. Res.: Adv.
- (1776-80) Resolution and Discovery Res.(2) Dis. Res.: Dis.
Adv., End., Dis., Res.(1) and Res.(2) are used with names of persons to denote voyage and ship; with place names they indicate where the ship is sailing alone. Res.: Adv. and Res.: Dis. are used when the ships are sailing in company.
Names of ships are under the heading Ships; the heading Ships (Cook's) lists the ships in which Cook served and includes the Adventure and Discovery.
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Abo university, Finland, 145
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Abraham, Heights of, Quebec, 49
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Adams, Sir Thomas, captain Niger, 88
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Admiralty, Board of, 26, 76, 85, 95; first lords see Egmont; Sandwich; secretaries see Clevland; Stephens
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Adolphus Channel, Aus., 249
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Adventure Bay, Tasmania, 516; Adv., 331; Res.: Dis., 517 aborigines, 517
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Agulhas, C., S. Africa, 266
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Aghulhas current, 266
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Aimeo see Moorea
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Aitutaki I., Cook Is., 529
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Aki Aki atoll, Tuamotu Is., 169
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Alacaluf people, T. del Fuego, 426
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Alaska, 487, 616, 633, 634; fur trade, 499; maps, 487, 488; Cook's map, 631; Res.: Dis. off Bering coast of, 625–7
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Alaska, Gulf of, Res.: Dis., 592–5, 598–9, 605; see also Cook Inlet; Prince William Sound
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Alaska peninsula, 487, 488, 598, 634; Res.: Dis., 605–8; north coast, 612; observations, 606, 607
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Alderman's Point, Christmas I., 573
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Aleutian Is., Bering Sea, 486, 487–8, 634; Russians trading in, 487–8, 608; Res.: Dis., 609–11; Cook's chart, 632; see also Unalaska
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Alofi, Niue I., 389n
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Amat, Manuel de, viceroy Peru, 343
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Améré I. (Botany I.), 419
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America see North America; South America
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American Congress, 685
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Anaa atoll (Chain I.), Tuamotu Is., 169, 339
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Anadyr, R., 485
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Anaura Bay, N.Z., 202
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Anchor I., Dusky Sound, 323
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Anchor Point, Cook Inlet, 600
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Anderson, William, surgeon's mate Res.(I), 299, 444; surgeon Res.(2), 500, 501; illness, 568–9, 574, 603; death, 614; journal, 691, 692
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Anderson's I., Bering Sea, 614, 625, 627–8; see St Lawrence I.
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Aniwa I., New Hebrides, 402
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Anjas, M. de, gov. St Pierre et Miquelon, 71–2
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Annam (Chamba), N. Vietnam, 108
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Anse du Foulon, Quebec, 48
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Anson, George, 17, 40, 122; voyage (1740-1744), 117, 118, 148, 164, 477; Voyage see Walter, Richard
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Antarctic, 107, 117, 431–2; currents, 311, 316, 317, 366; icebergs, 317, 362–3, 365; icefield, 317–18, 365, 366; pack ice, 317, 362, 436
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Res.: Adv., 317–18; Res.(I), 362, 364–7; observations, 364, 365
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Antarctic Convergence, 311
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Apataki atoll, Tuamotu Is., 379n
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Arapawa I., N.Z., 216
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Arctic Ocean, 68; ice, 622–3, 635; icefield, 618, 620–1, 681–2; bears, 682; ducks, 620; walrus, 618, 619–20, 621
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Arnold, John, watchmaker, 287, 288; see chronometers; see also Ships (Cook's), Adventure; Resolution
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Aru or Aroe Is., Indonesia, 254
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Arutua atoll, Tuamotu Is., 379n
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Astronomers Sound, Dusky Sd, 324n
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astronomy, 99–100, 114–16, 482; instruments see navigation; Venus, Transit of
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Atehuru district, Tahiti, 381
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Athapaskan Indians, 597n
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Atiu I., Cook Is., 527–8
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Atlantic Ocean, north, 14; End., 153–5, observations, 154, 155; Res.: Adv., 306–7; Res.(I), 440–1; Adv., 447; Res.(2), 508–509; Dis., 510; Res.: Dis., 685
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Atlantic Ocean, south, 285; End., 155–6, 159; Res.: Adv., 308; Res.(I), 426–37; Adv., 447; Res.(2), 509; Dis., 510 charts, 286; Cook's charts, 286–7
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Atlantic Ocean, south of 50°: fauna, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318; ice, 311–12; icebergs, 312, 313–14; icefield, 313; rafted ice, 314–15
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Aubert, Alexander, astronomer, 450
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Augusta, dowager princess of Wales, 274
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aurora australis, 320
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aurora borealis, 581
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Australia (Cook's New South Wales), 53n, 110, 112, 113, 117, 251–2, 260n, 273; aborigines, 229, 230, 235, 241, 251–2; fauna and flora, 229–30, 233–4, 235, 236, 240, 247, 251; maps, 226–7
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Australian Antarctic Territory, 321
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Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, 112, 260, 369, 394; see also New Hebrides
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Avachinskaya, Mt, Kamchatka, 681
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Baffin, William, navigator, 476, 491, 687, 688
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Baker, George, captain Cuddalore, 125
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Balabio I., New Caledonia, 414
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Balade district, New Caledonia, 414
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Balambangan, Sulu Sea, 105
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Balboa: Nuñéz de Balboa, Vasco, 108
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Banks, C., Aus., 230
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Banks, Joseph, 142–3; patron, 501; portrait, 453; Royal Society council, 442, 450, 483, president, 693; social life, 273–4, 442–3, 448; see also Newfoundland
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End., 144–7; journal, 290, 457–9; preparations Res. (I), 291–4, 296, 307; correspondence with Cook, 275, 309–310, 506, 511
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reflections: on southern continent, 277, 279; on eating monkey, 261–2
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Banks Strait, Tasmania, 322
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Bantam Point, Sunda Strait, 256
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Barclay, Patrick, Universal Traveller (1735), 77
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Barfleur, C., Normandy, 20
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Barnarda, Pedro de, 480
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Barrett, James, seaman, 54n
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Barrington, Daines, 482; patron of J. R. Forster, 303, 461–2, 464, 467, 468; plan for Northwest passage, 483–4, 487, 633; Summary observations (1776), 489n
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Barrow, John, Navigatio Britannica, 13n
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Barrow, Pt, Alaska, 623
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, engraver, 448
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Bashi channel, China sea, 684
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Batavia now Djakarta, 113, 114, 133, 253, 255; End., 256–8, 261–4; sickness, 262, 270
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Bateman, Nathaniel, captain Northumberland, 53
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Bateman Bay, Aus., 228
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Batson's Coffee House, London, 295n
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Batts, John, of Wapping, 61; dau. Elizabeth see Cook; wife Mary see Smith
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Batz, I. of, Brittany, 20
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Bauld, C., Newfoundland, 80
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Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, hydrographer, 97
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Bayly, William, astronomer, 288; Adv., 301, observations, 336; Dis., 501; Res.(2), 683; see also chronometers
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Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, 92–3
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Beauchamp, Lord, 273
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Beaufort Sea, N.W. Terr., 623
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Becket, T. and P. A. de Hondt, publishers, 289–90
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‘Behring's Bay’, Alaska, 593
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Bellamby Point, Aus., 228n
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bell-bird (korimako), 212
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Belleoram or Belloram harbour, Newfoundland, 95
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Benbow, Mt, Ambrim I., 396
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Bennet, Frederick, canon, 694n
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Bentinck, John Albert, captain Centaur, 290
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Bering, Vitus, navigator, voyages; (1728), 117, 485, 486–7, 614, 617, 623–4; (1741), 485–6, 487, 490, 592, 599, 605, 606, 607, 632
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Bering I., Komandorskiye Is., 682
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Bering Sea, 485, 623; Res.: Dis., 612–15, 624–9, 681, 682; observations, 613, 614, 615
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Bering Strait, 117, 485, 486, 497, 623, 634; Res.: Dis., 615–17, 681, 682
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Bermondsey, London, 61
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Bermuda, 31
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Berthoud, Ferdinand, watchmaker, 508
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Besant, Sir Walter, Captain Cook (1890), 694n
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Bessborough, William Ponsonby, earl of, 508
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Biddon James, surveyor, 71
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Bingley's Journal, 269–70
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Birch, Birch & Co., of Cornhill, 504n
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Bird, John, instrument maker, 70, 89, 137, 182
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Bird I., Bering Sea, 613; see St Matthew I.
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Bisset, Thomas, master Eagle, 17, 18n; master Pembroke, 24, 28; master Stirling Castle, 28n, 48
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Blackburn, John, of Shadwell, 61
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Blackburne, Anna, of Fairfield, 686
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Black Swan, Holborn, 27
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Blade, Sade & Many, of Mile End, 692n
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Blanco, C., Oregon, 634
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Bligh, William, 164, 552; master Res. (2), 498; charts, 692
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Bligh I., Nootka Sound, 583
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Bligh's Cap, Kerguelen I., 514
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Blind Bay, N.Z., 220
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Bloyd, Thomas, master Three Sisters, 91
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Blue Pinion harbour, Newfoundland, 95
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Bois or Boys, I. of, Newfoundland, 56
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Bombay, 15
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Borabora I., Society Is., 194, 387, 551, 561, 562, 566, 567, 569
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Borda, Jean-Charles, captain Boussole, 508
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Boscawen I., Pacific, 393; see Tafahi
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Boscovich, Ruggiero Guiseppe, mathematician, 102
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Boston, Mass., 480
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Boswell, James, 291n, 451–2, 458, 475; Account of Corsica, 452
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Boswell, Robert, seaman, 54n
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Bosworth, D., 274n
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Botany Bay, Aus., 230, 231, 233, 694
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Bougainville, Louis Antoine de, 123–4; a.d.c. Montcalm, 42, 43, 48; voyage (1766-9), 124, 154n, 156, 261, 267, 343, 372, 569; on Cook's chart, 287
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Boulton, John George, hydrographer, 97
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Boulton, Matthew, engineer, 291
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Bouvet, Lozier, navigator, 118; voyage (1739), 117, 123, 286, 311–12
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Boxey harbour, Newfoundland, 95
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Braddock, Gen. Edward, 29
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Bradley, James, astronomer, 142
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Bransfield, Edward, explorer, 366
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Break Sea Spit, Aus., 232
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Bream Bay, N.Z., 207
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Brett, Sir Percy, admiral, 207
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Briscoe, Peter, servant End., 146, 162, 168
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Brosses, Charles de, Histoire (1756), 117, 119–20, 123, 124, 226, 227n, 311
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Brothers, the, Is., N.Z., 216
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Brown, Sarah, 62
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Brown's Coffee House, London, 452
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Bruce, James, traveller, 461
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Bruny I., Tasmania, 331
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Buache, Philippe, geographer, 117, 119, 480, 486n
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Buchan, Alexander, artist End., 145, 162, 178
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Buchan Ness, Aberdeen, 27
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Buckland, William, seaman, 54n
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Buffon, Georges Louis Le Clerc, comte de, 117
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Burke, Edmund, 496–7
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Burnett, Mrs, 307
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Burney, Fanny, 511; Early Diary, 448, 498; Memoirs, 289
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Burney, James, 288, 448; lieut. Res.(I), 299; Adv., 300–1, 309, 446, 447; Dis., 498, 504, 511–12, 677n; Res.(2), 682, 684
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Burney, Susan, 500n
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Burriel, Andrés Marcos, History of California (1759), 481
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Burrow, James, F.R.S., 450
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Byron, C., Aus., 231n
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Byron, John, navigator, 126; voyage (1764-1766), 102, 105, 122–4, 156, 157, 270, 378, 379, 481; journal, 289, 439
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Cadell see Strahan
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Cadiz, 24
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Calcutta, 15
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Callander, John, Terra Australis cognita (1766-8), 120
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Cambridge, Richard Owen, writer, 467
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Campbell, John, earl of Loudon, c. in c. North America, 30, 31, 33
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Campbell, Dr John, Voyages and Travels (1744-1748), 118–19, 120, 486; see also Harris, John
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Canada, 29–30, 52n, 62; surrender of, 53 see also Halifax; Louisburg; Newfoundland; Quebec; St Lawrence, gulf and river
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Candlemas Is., S. Sandwich Is., 431
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Canso, C., Nova Scotia, 58
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Canso, Strait of, Nova Scotia, 52n
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Cape Breton, 30
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Cape Town, S. Africa, End., 266–8; Res.: Adv., 308–10; Res.(1), 437–40; Adv., 447; Res.: Dis., 509–12, 685–6
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governor see Plettenberg
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Capricorn, C., Aus., 234
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Capricorn, Tropic of, 167
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Caroline Is., Pacific, 110
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Carouge harbour, Newfoundland, 80
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Carrington, Arthur Hugh, Life of Captain Cook (1939), 48n, 79n
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Carrouge, C., St Lawrence R., 52n
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Cartaret, Philip, captain Swallow, 132, 261, 270, 339, 372; journal, 286, 289, 439
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Carter, R., curate St Margaret's, 61n
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Cave, John, quartermaster Res.(2), 474n
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Cavendish, Henry, mathematician, 450, 483
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Chalky Inlet, Dusky Sd, N.Z., 323
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Chappe d'Auteroch, Jean, astronomer, 101
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charts and maps: Cook's, 34, 50–52, 58, 72, 84–6, 89, 95, 97, 221–2, 258, 271, 285, 287, 454, 634, 680, 691n-2n
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Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, 56
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Cherbourg, Normandy, 20
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Chibukak, C., Bering Strait, 628n
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China (Cathay), 7, 14, 104, 107, 108, 121, 123, 132, 145, 477
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Chirikov, Alexei, navigator, voyages: (1728) 485; (1741), 485, 486, 487, 490, 592, 632
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Chirikov I. (Foggy I.), Alaska pen., 607
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Christmas Day celebrations, 160, 209, 314, 363, 426, 514, 572, 707
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Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen I. see Oiseau, B. de l'
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Christmas I., Pacific, 572–3
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Christmas Sound, T. del Fuego, 426
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Christ's College, Cambridge, 693
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chronometers, 115–16; Arnold, 287–8; Harrison, 116, 142, 287; Kendall/Harrison, 287–8; [Kendall], 508
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Chukotskiy peninsula, 617, 623; people of, 616–17, 624, 680; see also Lavrentiya Bay
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Cinq Cerf Bay (Tweed harbour), New-foundland, 88
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‘Circumcision, C.’, S. Atlantic, 117, 305, 443; sighted by Bouvet, 117, 286; position, 311, 312; search for, Adv., 447; Res.(1), 310–16, 368, 429–30, 432, 438
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Circumcision I., S. Atlantic, 429
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Cleader, John, master Pembroke, 49
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Clear, C., Ireland, 18
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Clements, Michael, captain Greenwich Hospital, 444
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Clerke, Charles, master's mate End., 138–9, 141, 269, 271; lieut. Res.(I), 281, 294, 297–8; commander, 444, Dis., 495–6, 506; Res. (2) 675; illness, 568–9, 679; death, 682; burial, 683
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Clerke, Sir John, 495–6
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Clerke's I., Bering Sea, 628; see St Lawrence I.
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Clerke's Rocks, S. Georgia, 430
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Cleveland Bay, Aus., 260n
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Cleveley, James, carpenter Res.(2), 503
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Clevland, John, secretary Admiralty, 59, 64; correspondence, with Graves, T., 64; with Colville, 52n-3n, 58, 59; with Saunders, 51
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Cloudy Bay, Cook Strait, N.Z., 356
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Cocker, Christiana, 690; see Cook
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Cockfield, Joseph, 283
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Cocos I. see Tafahi
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Coke, Lady Mary, 273
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Collier, -, of victualling office, 283
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Colnett, C., New Caledonia, 411
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Colnett, James, midshipman Res.(1), 411
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Colville, Alexander, Lord Colville, captain Northumberland, 49–50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59; correspondence see Clevland
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Colville, C., N.Z., 207
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Conception Bay, Newfoundland, 57
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Concordia see Kupang
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Connoire Bay, Newfoundland, 88
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Controller Bay, Alaska, 594
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Cook, Christiana, 3; see also Cocker
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Cook, Elizabeth (née Batts), wife of James Cook, 61; marriage, 61–2; married life, 88, 131, 274, 445, 474, 475, 505, 507, 689; birth of children, 75, 81, 94, 153; 450; widowed life, 436n, 690–4; death, 695
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Cook, Elizabeth, daughter, 94, 274, 689
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Cook, George, son, 689
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Cook, James, of Marton, 2–4, 283–4, 690
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Cook, James, navigator
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birth, 1, 3, 28n; family, 2–3; childhood, 3–5; marriage, 61–2; children, 689; house, 75; private papers, 694; will, 690–91
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accident, 80, 670; illnesses, 20, 328, 370, 556, 568n; death see Kealakekua Bay
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Arms, 692, 695–6; F.R.S., 450–1; medals, 506–7, 694n, 695–6; monuments, 695, 696; portraits, 452–3, 557, 695
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career, in Staithes, 5–6; in Whitby, 9–10; in merchant service, 11–12; in Royal Navy, 15, 16–17; mate, 20; master, 25, 27; 1st lieutenant, 134; commander, 275–6; postcaptain, 444
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surveyor, 70, 409–10; see Newfoundland; St Lawrence, gulf and river; see also charts and maps
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correspondence, 76, 77, 283, 505, 507, 510; see also Banks, J.; Douglas, John; Hammond, W.; Sandwich; Navy Board; Stephens; Walker, John
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journals, 459–61; End., 258–9, 271; publication, 289–90; see Hawkesworth Res.(1), 438; publication, 461; see Douglas, John; see also Forster, J. R., Res.(2), 680, 685; publication, 691–2, 696
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works: Voyage towards the South Pole (1777), 471; Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1784), 691; misc. writings see Royal Society
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reflections: on being a discoverer, 246, 266–7, 365, 431–2, 453, 537–8; on coral, 390; on nature of ice, 316, 362, 366, 434, 622, 635; on icebergs, 321, 434–5, on Polynesia, 224, 354, 374, 528, 574; on southern continent, 278–279, 286–7, 337, 431, 433–4; on volcanoes, 406 on cannibalism, 359; on treatment of native peoples,
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