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| List of maps |
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| Introduction: History's man |
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| PART 1: ENGLAND'S ATLANTIC |
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14 | (23) |
| PART 2: TO THE SOUTH SEA |
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3 Punished Henry Stephens Seaman |
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37 | (11) |
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4 As miserable a set of People as are this day upon Earth |
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48 | (14) |
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5 As favourable to our purpose as we could wish |
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62 | (22) |
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6 In order to seize upon the people |
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84 | (11) |
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7 He was laughed at by the Indians |
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95 | (16) |
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8 An alarming and I may say terrible Circumstance |
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111 | (20) |
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9 The Calamitous Situation we are at present in |
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131 | (8) |
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10 My intentions certainly were not criminal |
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139 | (24) |
| PART 3: TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE |
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11 The Inhospitable parts I am going to |
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163 | (18) |
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12 Mingling my tears with hers |
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181 | (21) |
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13 we are the innocent cause of this war |
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202 | (18) |
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14 The varieties of the human species |
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220 | (26) |
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15 The Southern Hemisphere sufficiently explored |
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246 | (13) |
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16 Now I am going to be confined |
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259 | (26) |
| PART 4: TO THE NORTH PACIFIC |
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17 I allow because I cannot prevent it |
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285 | (22) |
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18 An act that I cannot account for |
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307 | (24) |
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19 They may fear, but never love us |
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331 | (23) |
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20 Squalls and rain and so dark |
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354 | (24) |
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21 A dream that we could not reconcile ourselves to |
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378 | (29) |
| Epilogue: Cook's afterlives |
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407 | (8) |
| Maps |
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415 | (13) |
| Sources and further reading |
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428 | (17) |
| Acknowledgements |
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445 | (2) |
| Index |
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