United States Antarctic navy expedition (1840) 307–308
V
Vaez de Torres, Luís 7
Vaitahu 353
Valentine (collier) 102
Van Diemen’s Land 155, 198–199, 203, 204, 312, 317–318, 399–400
Vancouver, George 347
Vancouver Island 408
Vanguard, HMS 63, 64
Vanuatu 360–364
Vatoa 360
Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Pierre, Marquis de 63
vegetable sheep 188
Virginia 29
W
Wales, William
astronomer aboard Resolution 291, 299, 300, 326, 349, 355, 364, 369
invents angle of roll device 370
on Middleburg Island 333–334
observatory on Point Venus 330
Walgreen coast 346–347
Walker, Henry 17–18, 20–22, 74
Walker, John 17–18, 20–22, 23, 35–36, 74, 280, 282, 297, 382–383, 387
Wallis, Captain Samuel 103, 105–107, 118, 145, 153
waterspouts 206
Watt, Sir James 404
Watts, John 416–417
Webb, Clement 152
Webber, John 389
Wedgeborough, William 352, 371–372
Weir, Alexander 123
Wellington Harbour 335
West Cape 195
West Indies 434
Western Australia 199
Wharehunga Bay massacre 340–341, 378
Wharton, Admiral William James Lloyd 95
Wheelock, Captain John 53, 57
Whitby 15–16, 17–18, 281, 282
white squalls 127
Whitianga 179–180
Whitsunday’s Passage 230
Wilkes, Charles 308
William III 51
Williamson, Lieutenant John 391, 405
Willis, Thomas 374
Willis Island 374
Wolf, Archibald 272
Wolfe, General James 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 55, 57, 58
Wollongong 208–209
wort 125
Y
York Cape 257
Young, Nicholas 162
Young Nick’s Head 169
Z
Zeehaen 160–161, 199
Zimmermann, Heinrich 415, 423
Zoffany, Johann 285
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for Flinders
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Cook, James, 1728-1779
Explorers—England—Biography.
Voyages around the world.
Pacific Ocean—Discovery and exploration.
910.92
Cover design: Design by Committee. Case design inspired by a detail of the map of Cook’s voyages.
Cover image by E. Phillips Fox, Australia 1865-1915, Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay 1770, 1902, oil on canvas, 192.2 x 265.4 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Gilbee Bequest, 1902. Only a detail of the artwork has been reproduced.
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