No aspect of the voyages of Captain Cook have been more controversial than Cook’s death. This book reprints one of the classic accounts of this episode, the vivid and lively narrative by one of the voyage surgeons, David Samwell. Introductory essays contextualize Samwell’s contribution within this period of Pacific maritime history.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. David Samwell: an eventful careerMartin Fitzpatrick
2. David Samwell on his hobby horse
Martin Fitzpatrick
3. David Samwell: Pacific ethnographer and historian
Nicholas Thomas
Notes on the texts
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
The correspondence of David Samwell
The poetry of David Samwell
Glossary of Hawaiian names
Select bibliography
Index