Captain Cook’s Final Voyage () von James K. Barnett

Two young officers’ extraordinary eyewitness accounts of Cook’s search for the elusive Northwest Passage depict the captain’s dramatic death, initial European contact, and Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska landings. The journals also offer early maps and the first Bering Sea ice pack reports. Maritime historian James K. Barnett adds context and expert commentary.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Richard Neville
Introduction by Glyn Williams
Preface
Prologue
Part One: The South Seas
Introduction
1. The Voyage Begins, June-December 1776
2. Tasmania and New Zealand, January-February 1777
3. Cook Islands, March-April 17977
4. Tonga, April-August 1777
5. Tahiti, August-December 1777
6. Finding Hawai‘i, December 1777-February 1778
Part Two: The Northwest Passage
Introduction
1. Nootka Sound, February-April 1778
2. Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, May-June 1778)
3. Finding Arctic Ice, June-August 1778
4. Return to Unalaska, September-October 1778
Part Three: Revisiting Hawai‘i and the Death of Cook
Introduction
1. In Hawaiian Waters, November 1778-January 1779
2. Kealakekua Bay, January-February 1779
3. Return to Kealakekua Bay, February 1779
4. Leaving Hawai‘i, February-March 1779
Part Four: Homeward
Introduction
1. Reaching Avacha Bay, March-June 1779
2. Confronting Arctic Ice, June-July 1779
3. Return to Kamchatka and England, July-November 1779
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author