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Hawaiian
Historical Society Reprints, (No. 2)
(1779)
A Narrative of the Death
OF
Captain James Cook
By DAVID SAMWELL
Surgeon of The Discovery
LONDON:
Printed for G. C. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row
MDCCLXXXVI
(The Edition of this Reprint is Limited to 500 Copies)
Captain James CookA
NARRATIVE
OF THE
DEATH
OF
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME
PARTICULARS,
CONCERNING HIS
LIFE and CHARACTER.
AND
OBSERVATIONS
RESPECTING THE
INTRODUCTION
OF THE
VENEREAL DISEASE
INTO THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
By DAVID SAMWELL,
SURGEON OF THE DISCOVERY.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR G. C. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATER-NOSTER-ROW,
MDCCLXXXVI.
[Photographic reproduction of the original title page.]
Foreword
In presenting this reprint to our members the editor wishes to expresshis thanks to Professor W. T. Brigham of the Bishop Museum forfurnishing him with a photograph of Captain Cook, from which the cut inthis reprint was made; to Mr. John F. G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum forhis assistance in identifying the Hawaiian names, and to Mr. J. W.Waldron for furnishing a typewritten copy of the book of which this is areprint.
The modern Hawaiian names are inserted in brackets following those givenin the text.
This reprint was edited and indexed for the Hawaiian Historical Societyby Bruce Cartwright, Jr.
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