Project Gutenberg 2020-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 220 Cook, James 1728 1779 Cook, Captain (James) Cooke, James Forster, Georg 1754 1794 Forster, Johann Georg Adam Forster, J. G. (Johann Georg) Forster, George The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. III. Being the First of the Second Voyage Produced by Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. III" is a historical account of Captain James Cook's explorations written in the early 19th century. This volume specifically covers the first of Cook's second voyage, detailing his expeditions from England and through the southern hemisphere in search of new lands and knowledge about the continent speculated to exist in the South Pacific. The narrative is likely enriched with detail about the people, cultures, and scientific observations encountered during the journey. The opening of the work provides an introduction to Cook's second voyage, setting the stage for his ambitious goal to explore the unexplored southern hemisphere. It discusses the motivations behind the voyage, including previous explorations and hypotheses regarding a southern landmass, and provides a brief overview of prior navigational attempts. The narrative then transitions to the preparations for the journey, outlining the ship's specifications, the crew, and the scientific instruments on board, emphasizing the significance of accurate observations and new discoveries in this pivotal period of exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 793022 2025-07-24T09:22:57.615972 text/html 772569 2024-10-17T15:42:14 text/html 904971 2025-07-24T09:23:07.658007 application/epub+zip 899246 2025-07-24T09:22:59.497977 application/epub+zip 396559 2025-07-24T09:22:58.707000 application/epub+zip 1075888 2025-07-24T09:23:13.608917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1019501 2025-07-24T09:23:06.651945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517314 2022-09-27T15:55:59.554296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725374 2025-07-24T09:22:56.591975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 705278 2024-10-17T15:42:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17664 2025-07-24T09:23:13.783868 application/rdf+xml 17211 2025-07-24T09:22:58.823959 image/jpeg 2586 2025-07-24T09:22:58.765941 image/jpeg 797147 2025-07-24T09:22:57.687963 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia