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Captain Cook Society
URL: http://www.captaincooksociety.com/

Description:
This is "a Society for everyone interested in [British explorer] James Cook (1728-1779)." The site features chronologies of Cook's life, information about his ships and family history, images of engravings and stamps featuring Cook, the wills of Cook and his crew (including William Bligh), brief extracts from Cook's journals from 1773-1774, and more. Also includes book reviews, selected articles from "Cook's Log" (the society's journal), and hundreds of related links. Searchable.

Publisher:
Captain Cook Society

Extra Keywords
Endeavour notableexplorers

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Explorers -- Great Britain
Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration
People
Voyages around the world

LII Database Information:
Record 9851 created by Sybil Finemel on 11/08/2003
Last modification on 10/01/2004
Published: 11/08/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9851