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Museum, and became a F.R.S. in 1764. Few of the 

 foreigners who then settled in England were so readily 

 acceptable and so highly esteemed as Solander. 



The Endeavour, Lieutenant James Cook, made sail 

 from Plymouth on August 25, 1768, and anchored off 

 Deal on July 12, 1771. During these three years she had 

 sailed round the globe, in the following itinerary : Madeira, 

 September 12 ; Rio Janeiro, November 13 ; Tierra del 

 Fuego, January 15, 1769 ; Otaheite, April 13 ; New 

 Zealand, October 8 ; New Holland, April 28, 1770 ; 

 Torres Straits, August ; Savu, September 17 ; Batavia, 

 October 9 ; Cape of Good Hope, March 12, 1771 ; St. 

 Helena, May i. 



The results of this voyage were beyond expectation. 

 The observation of the Transit of Venus ; many additions 

 to Geographical knowledge ; the study of the products, 

 and the fauna and flora of remote lands and seas ; and 

 reports upon the character and condition of primitive 

 peoples, were the definite objects of pursuit. In all these 

 things the enterprise was entirely successful. This was 

 due to the strong personality of each leader of the Expedi- 

 tion. Cook had proved himself a first-class marine 

 surveyor in hitherto little-known quarters of the globe. 

 Through his influence the crew were saved from the 

 horrors of scurvy, and spared many of the ordinary 

 hardships of a long sea-voyage. Banks was enthusiastic 

 and untiring. His mind was active and vigorous, letting 

 nothing escape his observation. Gifted with a manly 

 presence and a genial but dignified manner, he usually 

 impressed the untutored savage on very short acquaint- 

 ance. By the recent publication of his own Journal of the 

 Voyage, 1 light is for the first time thrown on his ability 

 to treat facts synthetically, and to make a picturesque 

 and intelligent summary of all that attracted his atten- 

 tion. For the first time, be it said : because, oddly 



1 Ed. by Sir Joseph D. Hooker (London, 1896). 

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