The Explorations of Captain James Cook in The Pacific, as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779 (The Heritage Press)

xvii, 292 pp. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. James Cook, (born October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England—died February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii), British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada (1759 and 1763–67) and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand. - Britannica