Excerpt from Captain Cook, Navigator and Discoverer
Among the documents and works consulted, the principal have been the Journal of Captain Cook (first, second and third voyages), the J our nal of Sir Joseph Banks (first voyage), the Jour nal of George Forster (second voyage), and the Journal of Lieutenant King (third voyage).
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