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A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook: To Which Are Added Some Particulars, Concerning His Life and Character, and Observations Respecting ... Into Other Sandwich Islands
Excerpt from A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook: To Which Are Added Some Particulars, Concerning His Life and Character, and Observations Respecting the Introduction of the Venereal Disease Into Other Sandwich Islands
The late appearance of this Narrative has been owing to the peculiar situation of the writer, whose domestic residence is.at a great distance from the metropolis, and whose duty frequently calls him from home for several months together. He has the pleasure of adding, that, in publishing the following account of Captain Cook's death, he acts in concurrence with the opinion of some very respectable persons.
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The late appearance of this Narrative has been owing to the peculiar situation of the writer, whose domestic residence is.at a great distance from the metropolis, and whose duty frequently calls him from home for several months together. He has the pleasure of adding, that, in publishing the following account of Captain Cook's death, he acts in concurrence with the opinion of some very respectable persons.
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.
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First published December 14, 2010
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February 27, 2025
🖊 Reading this proved to be to the point, albeit dry 🌵, but interesting enough. What a way to go.
“. . . a confused murmur spread through the crowd. An old priest came to Captain Cook, with a cocoa nut in his hand, which he held out to him as a present, at the same time singing very loud. He was often desired to be silent, but in vain . . .”
This book puts forth a variation on spellings for Hawaiian place names, which intrigued me. More common spellings were place in parenthesis.
📕Published — 1786.
🎨Illustrated.
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“. . . a confused murmur spread through the crowd. An old priest came to Captain Cook, with a cocoa nut in his hand, which he held out to him as a present, at the same time singing very loud. He was often desired to be silent, but in vain . . .”
This book puts forth a variation on spellings for Hawaiian place names, which intrigued me. More common spellings were place in parenthesis.
📕Published — 1786.
🎨Illustrated.
જ⁀🟢Read on Project Gutenberg.
જ⁀🟣 Kindle.
༻ ༺ ༅ ✬ ༅ ༻ ༺ ༅ ✬ ༅ ༻༺ ༅ ✬ ༅ ༻ ༺
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