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The dissenting minister Andrew Kippis (1725-95) was a Member of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society. With this work of 1788, he was the first biographer of Captain James Cook (1728-79), although several of Cook's colleagues, including Johann Reinhold Forster in 1778 and David Samwell in 1786, had previously published memoirs of their service with him. Believing that 'his public transactions ... are the grand objects to which the attention of his biographer must be directed', Kippis draws on the official Admiralty accounts of Cook's voyages and focuses on his professional life. The book was criticised at the time for failing to convey Cook's personality and motivation, stressing his achievements without putting them in context. However, it remained the only biography for forty years, and shaped public perception of Cook as a brilliant navigator and commander, a fearless explorer and an exemplary British hero.

Cook, James, 1728-1779 --- Biography & Autobiography

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John Reinhold Forster (1729-98), a scientific writer and translator of German origin, took part in Cook's second Pacific voyage, from 1772 to 1775, and published this study, which records his examinations of 'nature in its greatest extent; the earth, the sea, the air, the organic and animated creation', in 1778. He drew upon the ideas of 'the most ingenious men of the age' in constructing his observations on natural history and navigation. The first half of the book addresses the physical aspects of the world: earth and land, oceans, global changes and flora and fauna. The second half focuses on the anthropological origins of the people of the southern seas. The book was originally written as a popular travel narrative, and it remains an important publication which will appeal to readers interested in historical geography, zoology, ethnology, astronomy and travel writing.

Cook, James, 1728-1779 --- Voyages Around The World --- Oceania --- Biography & Autobiography --- Travel

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Capitaines de navire - Conjoints - Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Explorateurs - Conjoints - Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Cook, Elizabeth, - 1741-1835 - Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Cook, James, - 1728-1779 - Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Capitaines de navire --- Explorateurs --- Cook, Elizabeth, - 1741-1835 --- Cook, James, - 1728-1779

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Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 --- Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Description and travel --- South Africa -- Description and travel --- Forster --- Groskurd

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Ethnology --- Material culture --- Exhibitions --- Cook, James, --- Ethnological collections --- Pacific Area --- Discovery and exploration --- Exhibitions. --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Cook, Jacques --- Asia-Pacific Region --- Asian-Pacific Region --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Pacific Ocean Region --- Pacific Region --- Pacific Rim --- Cook, James --- 702.3 --- 700.4 --- 903.3 --- Ethnology - Pacific Area - Exhibitions --- Material culture - Pacific Area - Exhibitions --- Cook, James, - 1728-1779 - Ethnological collections - Exhibitions --- Pacific Area - Discovery and exploration - Exhibitions --- Cook, James, - 1728-1779