Blue Latitudes

by Tony Horwitz

  Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de

  Bounty, H.M.S.

  Brando, Marlon

  Britain. See also London; Yorkshire

  Australia as colony of

  Cook claims territories for

  Resolution returns to, after third voyage

  war with France

  British

  Australians vs.

  Canadian natives and

  British Columbia

  British Museum

  British National Maritime Museum (Greenwich)

  British Natural History Museum

  British Parliament

  Buchan, Alexander

  Buck, Rob

  Burke, Edmund

  “Burnett” (Banks’s mistress)

  Burney, Lt. James

  Burton, Richard

  Bush, George W.

  Byron, Anson

  Cairns, Australia

  Campion, Robert

  Canada. See also British Columbia

  natives in

  Cannibal Cove

  Cape Flattery

  Cape Horn

  Cape Suckling

  Cape Town

  Cape Tribulation

  Cape York Peninsula

  Captain Cook, Hawaii

  “Capt. Cook & Staithes Heritage Centre” (Yorksire)

  Captain Cook Birthplace Museum (Yorkshire)

  “Captain Cook Buoy” (Botany Bay)

  “Captain Cook Commemorative Service” (St. Mary’s Church, Whitby)

  Captain Cook Landing Place Reserve (Australia)

  Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum (Yorkshire)

  Captain Cook Society

  Carstensz, Jan

  Catherine the Great, Tsarina of Russia

  Cave of the Tongans (Niue)

  Chaucer

  Cheek, Ken

  Chignik, Alaska

  China

  Christian missionarie s. See also Russian Orthodox church

  Alaska and

  Australia and

  Hawaii and

  New Zealand and

  Niue and

  Tahiti and

  Tonga and

  Churchill, Winston

  Clerke, Charles

  Alaska and

  Botany Bay and

  death of Cook and

  death of, in Kamchatka

  on Endeavour

  Hawaii and

  on Maori cannibalism

  New Zealand and

  Northwest Passage and

  on second voyage

  on third voyage as captain of Discovery

  Tonga and

  Cold Bay, Alaska

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

  Columbus, Christopher

  Conrad, Joseph, Cook as Kurtz of

  Cook, Albert (“descendent”)

  Cook, Albert Edward (“descendant”)

  Cook, Christiana (sister)

  Cook, Elizabeth Batts (wife)

  death of Cook and

  monument to, in Australia

  Cook, George (“descendant”)

  Cook, Grace Pace (mother)

  Cook, Hugh (son)

  Cook, Captain James

  Aborigines and

  on Aborigines

  accomplishments of

  Alaska, artists sketches in

  Alaskan coast and

  Alaskan natives and

  Alaskan place names and

  on ambition

  in Antarctic

  apprenticeship of

  Australia, Cooktown landing site in

  Australia, crew problems near

  Australia, first voyage to

  Australia, places named after

  Australia, kangaroos and

  Aborigines on Endeavour River and

  Banks and

  in Batavia and disease

  birth of

  body at temple after death of

  “bomb” of, in Hawaii

  bones of

  Bora-Bora and

  Boswell on

  cannons of, recovered

  careers of men who served

  celebrity of

  commemoration of death of, in

  Hawaii

  commissioned to map South Pacific

  contemporary Aborigine on

  contemparary Hawaiians on

  contemporary Maori on

  contemporary Tahitians on

  contemporary Tongans on

  contemporary white Australians on

  crew and

  crew and death of

  crew, diet and health of

  crew, difficulties with, on third voyage

  death of, in Kealakekua Bay

  death site of

  deaths of children of

  decision to follow in wake of

  declining health of, on second and third voyages

  denounced by missionaries to Hawaii

  deserters and

  difficulties faced by

  disillusion of, with exploration

  distance sailed by

  drawing by, near Tolaga Bay

  early years of, in Navy

  Easter Island and

  education and youth of

  in England after return of Endeavour

  enigma of

  faith of, in observation

  family burial plot

  first voyage of, departs

  first voyage of, returns

  food and

  grave of, in Yorkshire

  Great Barrier Reef and

  Greenwich Hospital sinecure and

  Hawaii, deification of, on last day of journal entry

  Hawaii, first contact with

  Hawaii, last weeks before death of

  Hawaii, monument to, at

  Kealakekua Bay

  Hawaii, temple site of ceremony for

  Huahine and

  ill mood of, on third voyage

  illness of, in Antarctic

  impact of, on lands and peoples

  imperialist vs. God-like figure of historical memory

  joins Navy as young man

  journals of

  journals of, no record of last month in Hawaii

  journals of, message in

  laments consequences of discovery

  London house of

  legacy of

  letters of, destroyed by wife

  in London

  Maori and

  marries Elizabeth Batts

  memory of, in England

  monument to, in London

  names places

  natives, fury at, on third voyage

  navigation tools of

  New Zealand and

  New Zealand, charts of

  New Zealand, “crook” monument to

  New Zealand, landing in Tolaga Bay

  New Zealand, new statue of, in Gisborne

  New Zealand, second trip to

  Niue or Savage Island and

  Nootka Sound and

  Northwest Passage and

  Pacific Northwest and

  paintings of

  paintings of death of

  patrons of

  personality, childhood and math skills of

  personality, novelty-seeking of

  personality, Quakers and

  personality, simplicity and humility of

  physical description of

  pleasure of exploration and

  Polynesian politics and

  Polynesian religion and

  possible opiate or alcohol dependency

  prizes fact over fantasy and

  Raiatea and

  reason for going to sea

  reason for third voyage

  relationship with wife

  religion and

  Russians and, in Unalaska

  St. Lawrence River charted by

  schedule of, and sense of chance

  second and third voyages of, journals written on

  second search for southern continent proposed by

  second voyage accoun
t set down by

  second voyage of, on Resolution departs

  similarity of, to Star Trek’s Kirk

  sisters and

  South Sea company shilling and

  speculates on origin of South Sea islanders and New Zealanders

  Tahiti, disillusionment with, on return

  Tahiti, first voyage to

  Tahiti, memorial to

  Tahiti, rules on behavior toward islanders

  takes lands for British with

  “consent” of natives

  Tasmania and

  third voyage

  third voyage, accepted by

  third voyage, inhospitable areas reached

  third voyage, northern charts by

  third voyage, returns to England

  after death of

  time spent at sea by

  on Tonga

  Tonga, possible descendants of

  Tongan rulers and

  in Unalaska with Aleuts

  unreality of Pacific islands for

  voyages of, overshadowed by wars

  Whitby home of employer

  writing and schooling of

  Yorkshire background of

  Cook, James (father)

  Cook, James (son)

  Cook, Jane (sister)

  Cook, John (brother)

  Cook, Macy (“descendant”)

  Cook, Margaret (sister)

  Cook, Mary (first sister)

  Cook, Mary (second sister)

  Cook, Nathaniel (son)

  Cook, Tiraha

  Cook, Tom (“descendant”)

  Cook, William (brother)

  Cook, William (“son”)

  Cook Birthday Festival (Yorkshire)

  “Cook Country” tour (Yorkshire)

  Cook house site (Mile End, London)

  Cook Islands

  “Cook’s Cottage” monument (Great Ayton, Yorkshire)

  Cook’s Cove

  Cook’s Log (newsletter)

  Cooktown, Australia

  Aborigines and

  contemporary

  Cook “Discovery Festival,”

  Cook monument at

  Cook repairs Endeavour near

  history of Europeans in

  Cooktown Herald

  Crowley, Bob

  Crozet, Julien

  Cundlemong (Aborigine elder)

  Cunningham, Pat

  Daintree Rainforest

  Dalrymple, Alexander

  Dampier, William

  Dance, Nathaniel

  Darwin, Charles

  Death of Cook, February 14, 1779, The (Kane painting)

  Deep Bay, Alaska

  Deeral, Eric

  “Description of King Georges Island” (Cook)

  Diamond, Jared

  Dibble, Rev. Sheldon

  Discourses (Rousseau)

  discovery

  Cook on, and Maori

  first contact, moment of

  notion of, and Cook

  Discovery, H.M.S.

  Hawaii and

  voyage home

  “Discovery Festival” (Cooktown, Australia)

  diseases

  Aleuts and

  Batavia and

  Hawaiians and

  malaria

  measles, in Tahiti

  Niue’s dread of

  scurvy

  smallpox, in Tahiti

  tuberculosis

  typhoid fever

  venereal disease, in Hawaii

  venereal disease, in Tahiti

  dispossession, as legacy of Cook

  Dolphin

  Downs, Laurie

  Dracula (Stoker)

  Drake, Francis

  Dreamtime

  Dryden

  Duff (ship)

  Dunnett, Gary

  Dusky Bay

  Dutch East Indies

  Dutch Harbor, Alaska. See also Unalaska Island

  bombed by Japanese

  Cook in

  Eagle, H.M.

  Easby Moor (Yorkshire), Cook monument at

  Easter Island

  Einstein, Albert

  Elim Lutheran mission (Australia)

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England

  Elliot, John

  Ellis, William (missionary)

  Ellis, William (surgeon’s mate)

  Endeavour, H.M.S.

  Australia and

  Banks and Cook’s partnership on

  Batavia stop by, and disease

  botanical drawings published

  Botany Bay and

  cannon from, counterfeit

  class divisions on

  Cooktown landing and

  Cooktown repairs and

  crew of, after death of Cook

  crew life on

  crew lost from accident and disease

  crosses equator

  departs from England

  difficulty of sailing on

  England homecoming

  fate of

  as first voyage of scientific discovery

  food aboard

  Great Barrier Reef escape of

  Great Barrier Reef struck by

  journals on, vs. later voyages

  length of journey

  library of

  Maori memory of

  mission of, to chart Pacific

  New Zealand and

  people and animals on board

  size and design of

  southern continent search and

  Tahiti and

  Endeavour (replica)

  application to sail on

  crew life on

  class divisions on

  Maori threats against

  professional sailors on

  Endeavour Heipipi Park (New Zealand)

  Endeavour River. See also Cooktown, Australia

  English Bay

  boat trip to

  Cook’s site at

  Enlightenment

  Entsch, Warren

  environmental problems

  Australia and

  Bora-Bora and

  Botany Bay and

  global warming and

  Hawaii and

  equator crossing ritual

  “Essay by Way of Lecture, on the Game of Whist, An” (Burney)

  European impact, see environmental problems; native or indigenous people

  Faanui, Bora-Bora

  False Pass, Alaska

  Fattafee, Tu’i Tonga (leader of Tonga)

  Fiji

  Finau, chief of Tonga

  First Fleet

  bicentennial celebration

  replica of

  Firth, Ann

  Firth, Reg

  Fleck, James (brother-in-law)

  Flierl, Johann

  Flinders, Matthew

  Flower, Peter

  Foggy Cape

  food

  in Alaska

  Aleuts and

  in Antarctic

  antiscurvy

  on Endeavour

  in New Zealand

  in Niue

  in Tahiti

  in Tonga

  Forster, George

  Forster, Johann Reinhold

  Franklin, Benjamin

  Freelove (coal ship)

  Freeman, Cathy

  French

  in contemporary Raiaeta

  nuclear tests

  Tahiti and

  French Polynesia

  Fresne, Marion du

  Friendly Archipelago