A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook   By: David Samwell

Footnotes are located at the end of the text, before the index.

In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization have been retained as in the original publication.

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.

Significant typographical errors have been corrected. A full list of these corrections is available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end of the book.

Hawaiian Historical Society Reprints, (No. 2) (1779)

A Narrative of the Death OF Captain James Cook

By DAVID SAMWELL Surgeon of The Discovery

LONDON: Printed for G. C. J. and J. Robinson, Pater Noster Row MDCCLXXXVI

(The Edition of this Reprint is Limited to 500 Copies)

[Illustration: CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ]

A

N A R R A T I V E

OF THE

D E A T H

OF

C A P T A I N J A M E S C O O K.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME

P A R T I C U L A R S,

CONCERNING HIS

L I F E A N D C H A R A C T E R.

AND

O B S E R V A T I O N S

RESPECTING THE

I N T R O D U C T I O N

OF THE

V E N E R E A L D I S E A S E

INTO THE

S A N D W I C H I S L A N D S.

BY D A V I D S A M W E L L, SURGEON OF THE DISCOVERY.

L O N D O N: PRINTED FOR G. C. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATER NOSTER ROW, MDCCLXXXVI.

[Photographic reproduction of the original title page.]

Foreword

In presenting this reprint to our members the editor wishes to express his thanks to Professor W. T. Brigham of the Bishop Museum for furnishing him with a photograph of Captain Cook, from which the cut in this reprint was made; to Mr. John F. G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum for his assistance in identifying the Hawaiian names, and to Mr. J. W. Waldron for furnishing a typewritten copy of the book of which this is a reprint.

The modern Hawaiian names are inserted in brackets following those given in the text.

This reprint was edited and indexed for the Hawaiian Historical Society by Bruce Cartwright, Jr.

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