First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2
James Cook
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Length 16 h 12 min
Chapters 30
First published 1821
Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was at that time unknown. After initially sighting Port Hicks, Cook landed at Botany Bay, where he tried but failed to make contact with the native inhabitants. He proceeded northward, mapping about a thousand miles of coastline and discovering the Great Barrier Reef by severely damaging his ship in running into one of the reefs. The ship was in danger of sinking and limped to the mainland where, over a period of seven weeks, major repairs were made by the ship's crew. Cook then proceeded to Cape York, the northern tip of Australia and completed his circumnavigation of the globe via Batavia (modern Jakarta, Indonesia), the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. - Summary by David Cole
Chapters
1
Bk. II, Ch. VII, Pt. 1, Completion of the Circumnavigation of New Zealand Read by David Cole 32:31
2
Bk. II, Ch. VII, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 31:34
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Bk. II, Ch. VIII, A general Account of New Zealand Read by David Cole 25:44
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Bk. II, Ch. IX, A Description of the Inhabitants, their Habitations, Apparel etc. Read by David Cole 38:00
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Bk. II, Ch. X, Of the Canoes and Navigation of the Inhabitants of New Zealand, etc. Read by David Cole 44:31
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Bk. III, Ch. I, Pt. 1, The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coast of New Holland, etc. Read by David Cole 30:56
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Bk. III, Ch. I, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 34:34
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Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 1, The Range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay, etc. Read by David Cole 36:07
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Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 32:36
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Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 3 Read by David Cole 33:50
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Bk. III, Ch. III, Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour River Read by David Cole 31:06
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Bk. III, Ch. IV, Pt. 1, Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River, etc. Read by David Cole 38:33
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Bk. III, Ch. IV, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 39:51
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Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 1, Departure from Endeavour River . . . The Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country, etc. Read by David Cole 30:07
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Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 28:32
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Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 3 Read by David Cole 28:17
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Bk. III, Ch. VI, Pt. 1, Departure from New South Wales, etc. Read by David Cole 36:18
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Bk. III, Ch. VI, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 32:44
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Bk. III, Ch. VII, The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, etc. Read by David Cole 32:02
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Bk. III, Ch. VIII, Pt. 1, The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, and the Transactions there Read by David Cole 25:59
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Bk. III, Ch. VIII, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 22:03
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Bk. III, Ch. IX, Pt. 1, A particular Description of the Island of Savu, etc. Read by David Cole 29:16
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Bk. III, Ch. IX, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 27:27
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Bk. III, Ch. X, Pt. 1, The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, etc. Read by David Cole 23:40
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Bk. III, Ch. X, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 23:21
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Bk. III, Ch. XI, Pt. 1, Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, etc. Read by David Cole 31:39
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Bk. III, Ch. XI, Pt. 2 Read by David Cole 29:09
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Bk. III, Ch. XII, Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, etc. Read by David Cole 43:16
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Bk. III, Ch. XIII, The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, etc. Read by David Cole 33:35
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Bk. III, Ch. XIV, Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope . . . and the Return of the Ship to England Read by David Cole 44:42
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