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  1. CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL.FIRST VOYAGE.
  2. CAPTAIN COOK'S JOURNAL DURING HIS FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD MADE IN H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR" 1768-71A Literal Transcription of the Original MSS.EDITED BY CAPTAIN W.J.L. WHARTON, R.N., F.R.S.
  3. PREFACE.
  4. SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.
  5. PERSONS WHO LEFT ENGLAND IN H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 26TH AUGUST, 1768.
  6. A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR,ON A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK,COMMANDER, COMMENCING THE 25TH OF MAY, 1768.
  7. CHAPTER 1. ENGLAND TO RIO JANEIRO.
  8. CHAPTER 2. RIO JANEIRO TO TAHITI.
  9. MODERN CHART OF SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN SHOWING TRACK OF H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 1769 TO 1770.
  10. CHAPTER 3. TAHITI.
  11. FACSIMILE OF SATURDAY, 3RD JUNE, 1769.
  12. CHART OF THE ISLAND OTAHEITE, BY LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, 1769. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART.
  13. TAHITI: TYPES OF CANOES.
  14. CHAPTER 4. TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND.
  15. CHAPTER 5. EXPLORATION OF NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.
  16. CHAPTER 6. EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.
  17. WAR CANOE OF NEW ZEALAND.
  18. CHAPTER 7. PASSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND TO NEW HOLLAND.
  19. CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
  20. CHAPTER 9. FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA.
  21. TRACK OF ENDEAVOUR FROM TORRES STRAIT TO JAVA. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1770.
  22. FACSIMILE OF TUESDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 1770.
  23. CHAPTER 10. BATAVIA TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
  24. CHAPTER 11. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ENGLAND.
  25. INDEX.
  26. CHART OF NEW ZEALAND, EXPLORED IN 1769 AND 1770, BY LIEUTENANT J. COOK, COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR, ENGRAVED BY I. BAYLY.REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART.

Thursday, 2nd. Clear, Pleasant weather. In the P.M. moor'd with the Kedge Anchor, and in the A.M. received some few Officers' stores from the Portland. Wind Ditto. At noon at Anchor in St. Helena Road.

Friday, 3rd. Clear, Pleasant weather. Employ'd repairing Sails, overhauling the Rigging, etc. Wind South-East. At noon at Anchor in St. Helena Road.

Saturday, 4th. Little wind and pleasant weather. At 6 A.M. the Portland made the Signal to unmoor, and at Noon to Weigh, at which time the Ships began to get under Sail. Wind Ditto. At noon at Anchor in St. Helena Road.

Sunday, 5th. Gentle breezes and Clear weather. At 1 P.M. weigh'd, and stood out of the Road in company with the Portland and 12 Sail of Indiamen. At 6 o'clock James Fort, St. Helena, bore East 1/2 South, distant 3 Leagues. In the A.M. found the Variation to be 13 degrees 10 minutes West. Wind East by South; course North 50 degrees 30 minutes West; distance 71 miles; latitude 15 degrees 5 minutes South, longitude 6 degrees 46 minutes West.

Monday, 6th. Moderate breezes and Cloudy weather. Sailing in Company with the Fleet. Wind East-South-East; course North 47 1/2 degrees West; distance 122 miles; latitude 13 degrees 42 minutes South, longitude 8 degrees 27 minutes West.

Tuesday, 7th. Ditto Weather. In the A.M. found the Variation to be 12 degrees 5 minutes West. Exercised the people at Great Guns and Small Arms. Wind South-East; course North 46 degrees West; distance 137 miles; latitude 12 degrees 5 minutes South, longitude 10 degrees 9 minutes West.

Wednesday, 8th. A Steady breeze and Pleasant Weather. All the Fleet in Company. Wind South-East; course North 46 degrees 45 minutes West; distance 126 miles; latitude 10 degrees 39 minutes South, longitude 11 degrees 42 minutes West.

Thursday, 9th. Ditto Weather. In the Evening found the Variation to be 11 degrees 42 minutes West. Wind South-East by South; course North-West; distance 118 miles; latitude 9 degrees 16 minutes, longitude 13 degrees 17 minutes West.

Friday, 10th. At 6 in the A.M. saw the Island of Ascention bearing North-North-West, distant 7 Leagues. Made the Signal to speak with the Portland, and soon after Captain Elliott himself came on board, to whom I deliver'd a Letter for the Admiralty, and a Box containing the Ship's Common Log Books, and some of the Officers' Journals, etc. I did this because it seem'd probable that the Portland would get home before us, as we sail much heavier than any of the Fleet.* (* The Portland and the India fleet got home three days before the Endeavour.) At Noon the Island of Ascention bore East by South, distant 4 or 5 Leagues. By our Observations it lies in the Latitude of 7 degrees 54 minutes South, and Longitude of 14 degrees 18 minutes West. A North-West by North course by Compass, or North-West a little Westerly by the Globe from St. Helena, will bring you directly to this Island. Wind Ditto; course North-West; distance 120 miles; latitude 7 degrees 51 minutes South, longitude 14 degrees 32 minutes West.