SECOND 

 VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 



OUR adventurous navigator did not long enjoy repose. 

 " Having business to transact down in Yorkshire, as well 

 as to see an aged father," he obtained " three weeks' leave 

 of absence for that purpose " in Dec. 1771.* Government 

 soon projected another expedition to complete the dis- 

 covery of the Southern Hemisphere, which for ages had been 

 considered by some of the ablest geographers, as containing 

 another continent. 



To ascertain this fact, two ships were fitted out ; and that 

 nothing might be omitted which could facilitate the enter- 

 prise, they were furnished with every requisite which a 

 liberal attention to the health and comfort of the crews 

 could possibly devise. These vessels were built on a parti- 

 cular construction, and purchased at Hull. The largest was 

 named the Resolution, of 462 tons burthen, Captain James 

 Cook, commander ; the other was named the Adventure, 

 of 336 tons, Captain Tobias Furneaux, who had been 

 promoted from the rank of lieutenant. 



The Resolution had 112 persons on board, officers in- 

 cluded, and the Adventure 81. Mr. Forster and his son, 

 I both eminent naturalists, and Mr. Wales, afterwards 

 mathematical master of Christ's Hospital, accompanied 

 them. The following were the principal officers : 



" RESOLUTION." 



R. P. Cooper, Charles Clerke, Richard Pickersgill, lieu- 

 tenants. 



Joseph Gilbert, master. 



James Patten, surgeon. 



John Edgecumbe, lieutenant, royal marines. 

 " ADVENTURE." 



Joseph Shank, Arthur Kempe, lieutenants. 



Peter Fannin, master. 



Thomas Andrews, surgeon. 



James Scott, lieutenant, royal marines. 



On the 13th of July, 1772, both ships sailed from 



Plymouth Sound, and, on the evening of the 29th, anchored 



in Funchal Road, in the island of Madeira. The Captain 



and Mr. Forster having landed, were received by a gentle- 



! man from the vice-consul, who conducted them to the house 



* Captain Cook's Letters, Admiralty Records, Whitehall. 



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