A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook

Name: A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
Author: Samwell, David

Samwell, David

Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial

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Transcriber's Note

- Footnotes are located at the end of the text, before the index.

- In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and
capitalization have been retained as in the original publication.

- Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.

- Significant typographical errors have been corrected. A full list of
these corrections is available in the Transcriber's Corrections section
at the end of the book.

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                         Hawaiian
           Historical Society Reprints, (No. 2)
                          (1779)

                 A Narrative of the Death
                            OF
                    Captain James Cook

                     By DAVID SAMWELL
                 Surgeon of The Discovery

                          LONDON:
  Printed for G. C. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row
                        MDCCLXXXVI

  (The Edition of this Reprint is Limited to 500 Copies)

[Illustration: _CAPTAIN JAMES COOK_]

                             A

                     N A R R A T I V E

                          OF THE

                       D  E  A  T  H

                            OF

            C A P T A I N  J A M E S  C O O K.

                  TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME

              P  A  R  T  I  C  U  L  A  R  S,

                      CONCERNING HIS

            L I F E  A N D  C H A R A C T E R.

                           AND

            O  B  S  E  R  V  A  T  I  O  N  S

                      RESPECTING THE

            I  N  T  R  O  D  U  C  T  I  O  N

                          OF THE

              V E N E R E A L  D I S E A S E

                          INTO THE

              S A N D W I C H  I S L A N D S.

               BY  D A V I D  S A M W E L L,
                 SURGEON OF THE DISCOVERY.

                     L  O  N  D  O  N:
  PRINTED FOR G. C. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATER-NOSTER-ROW,
                        MDCCLXXXVI.

  [Photographic reproduction of the original title page.]

Foreword

In presenting this reprint to our members the editor wishes to express
his thanks to Professor W. T. Brigham of the Bishop Museum for
furnishing him with a photograph of Captain Cook, from which the cut in
this reprint was made; to Mr. John F. G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum for
his assistance in identifying the Hawaiian names, and to Mr. J. W.
Waldron for furnishing a typewritten copy of the book of which this is a
reprint.

The modern Hawaiian names are inserted in brackets following those given
in the text.

This reprint was edited and indexed for the Hawaiian Historical Society
by Bruce Cartwright, Jr.

Preface

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook

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