The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World
The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World 7 Volume Set Series

During Charles Darwin's 1831?6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified). This illustrated 1821 edition, in seven volumes, is representative of the versions available in the early nineteenth century. Volumes 3 and 4 cover Cook's second voyage (1772?5), a key objective of which was to look for a continent in the Southern Ocean. The explorers sailed to 71 degrees South, within the Antarctic Circle, encountering stormy weather and icebergs, albatrosses and storm petrels. On this voyage, the ship's naturalists were Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg (1754?94), who is credited here as co-author. Volume 4 describes the flora, fauna and people of the New Hebrides and New Caledonia, the uninhabited Norfolk Island, and the voyage home via Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego. The appendix contains a vocabulary of the Tahitian language as spoken in the Society Islands.

Book III. From Ulietea to New Zealand: 1. Passage from Ulietea to the Friendly Isles; 2. Reception at Anamocka; 3. The passage from the Friendly Isles to the New Hebrides; 4. An account of the discovery of several islands; 5. An intercourse established with the natives; 6. Departure from Tanna, with some account of its inhabitants; 7. The survey of the islands continued, and a more particular description of them; 8. An account of the discovery of New Caledonia; 9. A description of the country and its inhabitants; 10. Proceedings on the coast of New Caledonia; 11. Sequel of the passage from New Caledonia to New Zealand, with an account of the discovery of Norfolk Island; Book IV. From leaving New Zealand to our return to England: 1. The run from New Zealand to Terra del Fuego; 2. Transactions in Christmas Sound, with an account of the country and its inhabitants; 3. Range from Christmas Sound, round Cape Horn; 4. Observations, geographical and nautical, with an account of the islands near Staten Land, and the animals found in them; 5. Proceedings after leaving Staten Land, with an account of the discovery of the Isle of Georgia; 6. Proceedings after leaving the Isle of Georgia; 7. Heads of what has been done in the voyage; 8. Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the adventure; 9. Transactions at the Cape of Good Hope, with an account of some discoveries made by the French; 10. Passage from St Helena to the Western Islands; 11. Arrival of the ship at the island of Fayal; A vocabulary of the language of the Society Isles; Specimens of different languages spoken in the South Sea.