The death of Captain Cook and other writings

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"This book not only makes Samwell's The Death of Captain James Cook readily available for the first time, but presents it with previously unpublished lively letters relating to Cook's last voyage, and examples of the surgeon's own poetry giving us fresh insight into Samwell's character and into the various worlds he inhabited."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Correspondence,  Death and burial,  Travel,  Ship physicians,  Cook, james, 1728-1779,  Physicians, correspondence,  Physicians

People: James Cook (1728-1779),  David Samwell (1751-1798)

Places: Pacific Area