Cook, James, (1728-1779), Captain RN Explorer

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Surname:	Cook
Forenames:	James
Gender:	Male
Date:	1728-1779
History:	Circumnavigator & seaman. Captain 1775. Voyages & surveys included St Lawrence & N America 1759-67; Tahiti, Aust, NZ, New Guinea 1768-70; Antarctica & Cape of Good Hope 1772; the Pacific islands. Discovered Sandwich Island 1778. Murdered by natives 1779.
Biography:	ODNB link for Cook, James (1728-1779) Captain RN Explorer
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275109 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P142714 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Cook

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1641-2012: Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Original Surveys	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 352
2	1605-1830: Board of Longitude: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	RGO 14
3	1911-1928: Statue of Captain James Cook, The Mall	The National Archives, Kew
4	1768-1775: log books and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 27885-90, 27955-56, 27958
5	1776-79: journal and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 2177(A-B)-79, 2591
6	c1760-1811: drawings, charts, maps and papers rel to his voyages	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 8959-60, 11803, 15500, 15507-08, 15513-14, 15331, 17693, 21593, 23920-21, 31360, 37327, 37528, 38530, 42714
7	c1760: directions for saling from Halifax to Quebec	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ANGL 7
8	1760: directions for sailing from the island of Scaterie to Quebec	Library and Archives Canada	MG 18, M	See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
9	1766-76: corresp (6 items)	Peabody and Essex Museum		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
10	1770: fragment of journal rel to the discovery of Botany Bay	Huntington Library	HM 965	See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
11	1755-56: log book	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	qMS 537-39
12	1768-78: journal, letterbook, notebook and papers	National Library of Australia	MSS 1-6, 108	See Guide to collections of MSS rel to Australia A594 624-29
13	1772-75: journal	National Library of Ireland		See Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook, part 8 1984
14	1772-75: drafts of narrative of second voyage	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	REC/20	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
15	1773: fragment of log book	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 71094
16	1768-75: transcripts of journal and log books (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	M/754
17	1776: letters to Dr John Douglas	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 2180
18	letters	Captain Cook Memorial Museum		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993