Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Charting Cook xiii
5. CHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship 1
6. CHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War 19
7. CHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland 43
8. CHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific 65
9. CHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti 93
10. CHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera 119
11. CHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia 129
12. CHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound 155
13. CHAPTER 9. Antarctica 181
14. CHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris 203
15. CHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific 253
16. CHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage 281
17. CHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase 309
18. CHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage 337
19. CHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare 365
20. CHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach 387
21. Conclusion 411
22. Notes 422
23. Index 473