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17 April 1769
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
Joseph Banks's Journal
Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1769
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Monday 17th At 2 oClock this Morning departed this Life Mr. Alex. Buchan Landscip Draftsman to Mr Banks, a Gentleman well skill'd in his profession and one that will be greatly miss'd in the course of this Voyage, he had long been subject to a disorder in his Bowels which had more than once brought him to the Very point of death and was at the same time subject to fits of one of which he was taken on Saturday morning. this brought on his former disorder which put a period to his life, Mr Banks thought it not so adviseable to Enterr the Body ashore in a place where we was utter strangers to the Customs of the Natives on such Occations, it was therefore set out to Sea and committed to that Element with all the decencey the circumstance of the place would admit of — [8]
This morning several Chiefs from the Westward ^ made us a visit they brought with them Emblems of Peace which are Young Plantain Trees these they put on board the Ship before they would venture themselves, they brought us a present of two Hogs / an Article we find here very scarce / and some bread fruit, for these they had Hatchets and other things- in the after noon we set up one of the Ships Tents a Shore and Mr Green and myself stay'd a Shore the night to Observe an Eclipse of Jupiter's fi[r]st Setilite which we was hinder'd from seeing by clowds —
Concepts: death and burial in Maohi society
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: breadfruit | eclipse of Jupiter | pigs in Maohi society | plantains
People in South Seas Companion: Buchan, Alexander | Green, Charles | Tupura'ai Tamaita ('Lycurgus') | Tutaha ('Hercules')
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