Clearly Cook's Journal was the model for the Star Trek adventures with Captain Kirk. It's all there - the landing parties with the doctor, scientific reporting, encounters and trade with unknown cultures, discovery of Botany Bay, spreading gonorrhea (well maybe not that), and rivalry with the harsh-

I was very excited to read this book, because who wouldn't want a firsthand account of a circumnavigation of the globe? What I was not prepared for was how abysmally dull it was, including entry after entry giving nothing but longitude and latitude coordinates. Even history buffs will have trouble w

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World

The title gives the overview. The title doesn't tell you how different everything was in 1768 when James Cook left Plymouth to circumnavigate the globe.

Huge parts of the map were unknown even to the sailing nations. Cook discovered vario

Insight into the great man

Cook and other explorers have become devils in the eyes of many in the modern world. This journal shares a real insight into many first encounters. Not all go well but for an 18th century man, Cook is pragmatic and open minded.
Only tedious parts are the pages of the days wh

This is a great journal, an amazing man who achieved greatness from a poor upbringing. Every time I drive through the village where he was born, it seems almost incredulous that he could have ventured so far around the uncharted seas. He kept everything ship shaped and at no point did any of his cre

Hard to get thru in parts, due to all Cook's notes on tides, winds, and location. Other sections were immensely entertaining,(i.e. when he explores Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia), especially when one considers all the logistics of this voyage. Three years circumnavigating the world, exploring areas

Useful sections for a pirates and explorers topic - 4*

Scanned this for useful journal entries for my 'Land Ahoy' topic.
I learnt a lot about Captain Cook's life; personally, I found this interesting because he is from the same area as I am.

Overall, a good book for the researcher and enthusiast.
Read for personal research
- found this book's contents helpful and inspiring - number rating relates to the book's contribution to my needs.

After reading Lt. William Bligh's recounting of his later voyages to the Pacific, and the resulting Mutiny on the Bounty, I took an interest in reading about Captain James Cook's first voyage. It was interesting to see how one expedition literally made preparations from island to island for expediti