First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2


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 (16 hr 12 min)

Chapters

Bk. II, Ch. VII, Pt. 1, Completion of the Circumnavigation of New Zealand 32:31
Bk. II, Ch. VII, Pt. 2 31:34
Bk. II, Ch. VIII, A general Account of New Zealand 25:44
Bk. II, Ch. IX, A Description of the Inhabitants, their Habitations, Apparel e… 38:00
Bk. II, Ch. X, Of the Canoes and Navigation of the Inhabitants of New Zealand, … 44:31
Bk. III, Ch. I, Pt. 1, The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coas… 30:56
Bk. III, Ch. I, Pt. 2 34:34
Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 1, The Range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay, etc. 36:07
Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 2 32:36
Bk. III, Ch. II, Pt. 3 33:50
Bk. III, Ch. III, Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Ba… 31:06
Bk. III, Ch. IV, Pt. 1, Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour… 38:33
Bk. III, Ch. IV, Pt. 2 39:51
Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 1, Departure from Endeavour River . . . The Range from Ende… 30:07
Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 2 28:32
Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 3 28:17
Bk. III, Ch. VI, Pt. 1, Departure from New South Wales, etc. 36:18
Bk. III, Ch. VI, Pt. 2 32:44
Bk. III, Ch. VII, The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, etc. 32:02
Bk. III, Ch. VIII, Pt. 1, The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, an… 25:59
Bk. III, Ch. VIII, Pt. 2 22:03
Bk. III, Ch. IX, Pt. 1, A particular Description of the Island of Savu, etc. 29:16
Bk. III, Ch. IX, Pt. 2 27:27
Bk. III, Ch. X, Pt. 1, The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, etc. 23:40
Bk. III, Ch. X, Pt. 2 23:21
Bk. III, Ch. XI, Pt. 1, Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, etc. 31:39
Bk. III, Ch. XI, Pt. 2 29:09
Bk. III, Ch. XII, Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent … 43:16
Bk. III, Ch. XIII, The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, etc. 33:35
Bk. III, Ch. XIV, Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope . . . and the Return of … 44:42