Excerpt from The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World, Vol. 5 of 7: Printed Verbatim From the Original Editions, and Embellished With a Selection of the Engravings; Being the First of the Third Voyage SS Captain Cook, in the Endeavour, sailed in August 1768, and returned in July, 1771. In his second voyage, he had the Resolution and Adventure under his command. They sailed from England in July, 1772, and returned on the 3oth of July, 1775. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.