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J.C. Beaglehole, more than a biographer of Cook
What else did John Cawte Beaglehole do in his lifetime?

A Shanty about Captain Cook
A shanty about Cook created in the 1980s

Models to do with Captain Cook
Some of the kit models of Endeavour available in 1985, and possibly now

The Julian and Gregorian Calendars
The impact of the change on 3 September 1752

Omai Painting Sold for a Record Amount
Its sale by Sothebys on 29th November 2001 for £10.343,500

The Hawkesworth Copy
A copy of John Hawkesworth's official account of James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific with ink smudges and fingerprints on numerous pages

False Trails and Fallacies 1 - James Cook: Freethinker? Freemason?
Diversions into Cook and Freemasonry

False Trails and Fallacies 2 - Bernard Wilder's story
In 1970 the Essex Countryside magazine printed a letter that raised hopes

False Trails and Fallacies 3 - Factual Errors
Found in The Times and in the description of a game

James Cook's Clock - Part 1: Request for help in translation
Has a Russian article about James Cook’s Clock been translated into English?

James Cook's Clock - Part 2: Translated article, part 1
The first part of the English translation of a Russian article

James Cook's Clock - Part 3: Translated article, part 2
The second part of the English translation of a Russian article

The Transits of Venus: 1761, 1769, 2004 and 2012
What happened in the past, and a glimpse into the future

Discovering The Forsters
Johann Reinhold and George Forster, and the collections they made during the voyage of Resolution

Undiscovery: Writing a Dissertation
How I wrote my dissertation titled, Undiscovery: Captain James Cook’s final letter to his wife, Elizabeth; A Forgery.

Captain Cook and Endeavour in LEGO
How Endeavour voyage characters might look in LEGO format

The Writes of Passage – Journals of James Burney
How I wrote my book about James Burney

Florence Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology
Houses many fine Captain Cook exhibits