Lying for the admiralty : Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage / Margaret Cameron-Ash ; foreword by John Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron-Ash, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cook, James, 1728-1779.

Endeavour (Bark).

Explorers--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Explorers.

Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.

Discoveries in geography.

History.

Travel.

Discoveries in geography--British.

Great Britain.

New Zealand.

New Zealand Region.

Explorers--Great Britain.

Voyages around the world.

Discoveries in geography--British--History--18th century.

Admiralty.

Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel.

Cook, James.

Endeavour (Bark)--History.

Great Britain. Admiralty.

Australia--Discovery and exploration.

Australia.

New Zealand--Discovery and exploration.

Oceania--Discovery and exploration.

Oceania.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dural Delivery Centre, NSW : Rosenberg Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

When the Admiralty sends Cook to observe the transit of Venus he is also told to find new territories for Britain and to take steps secretly to get in ahead of the French.

Contents:

1 Clarion Call: Science, Imperialism and the Transit of Venus p. 14

2 Terra Incognita: The Race for Dominance in the Southern Seas p. 18

3 The French Steal a March: Bougainville Takes the Falklands p. 24

4 The Man at the Admiralty: Philip Stephens and Anglo-French Rivalry p. 29

5 Byron and the Dolphin: Secret Orders, Lost Opportunity and Censorship p. 36

6 Chasing Clouds in the Pacific: Samuel Wallis Discovers Tahiti p. 44

7 Bougainville's Voyage to New Holland and Lost Opportunity p. 50

8 Wooing the Royal Society: Dalrymple Wins Command of the Endeavour p. 56

9 Dalrymple Sacked: The East India Company and the General Election p. 63

10 An Ambitious Young Gentleman: Joseph Banks Builds his Credentials p. 69

11 James Cook: Luck, Patronage and Mercantile Beginnings p. 76

12 Battles and Cartography: Cook Surveys the St Lawrence Under Fire p. 80

13 Cold-War Cartography: Cook Charts Newfoundland and Impresses the Admiralty p. 85

14 'Greater objects': The Admiralty's Instructions to Cook p. 94

15 'Close and secret in his intentions': Cook, the Admiralty, and Cartographic Secrecy p. 98

16 Cook Does his Homework: Abel Tasman, Joan Blaeu and the VOC p. 103

17 The Odd Couple: The Relationship Between Cook and Banks p. 110

18 Ghostly Presence: Cook Disproves Dalrymple's Theory of a Temperate Continent p. 113

19 Venus and a Tahitian Holiday p. 120

20 Farther South: The Wild Goose Chase for the Southern Continent p. 125

21 North Island: Synchronizing with Tasman and Possession Dilemmas p. 130

22 A Transformative Moment: Proving Cook Strait p. 136

23 Cook Covers his Tracks: Stewart Island Becomes a Peninsula p. 139

24 Choosing a Route Home p. 146

25 Inventing Promontories, Deleting Coastlines: Cook Lays a False Trail in Bass Strait p. 148

26 Interlude: Hiding Bass Strait for Thirty Years p. 155

27 Deception at Botany Bay p. 163

28 'A good Harbour and several islands': Cook Hides Port Jackson from his Crew p. 167

29 From Botany Bay to Cape York: The Map of New Holland Completed p. 176

30 Not Claiming New Holland: What Really Happened at Possession Island p. 180

31 Dutch Bureaucracy: Evasiveness and Delay at Batavia p. 185

32 Rewriting the Record: Cook's Phantom Possession Ceremony p. 190

33 Plague and Delay at Batavia p. 198

34 Homeward Bound through a Nest of Spies p. 201

35 The Authorized Version - Censorship p. 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780648043966

0648043967

OCLC:

1027961439

Publisher Number:

99978939338