A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

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"A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World" is James Cook’s detailed published account of his second great exploratory expedition, documenting his pioneering high-latitude navigation and extensive discoveries in the southern Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exploration narrative
non-fiction book
primary historical source
travel book
author James Cook
centuryOfPublication 18th century
commissionedBy Admiralty (United Kingdom)
surface form: British Admiralty
countryOfOrigin Great Britain
documents James Cook’s second voyage
attempts to find Terra Australis
circumnavigation of the globe
exploration of the southern Pacific Ocean
high-latitude navigation in the Southern Ocean
featuresVessel HMS Adventure
HMS Resolution
field Pacific studies
history of exploration
maritime exploration
genre maritime history
voyage literature
hasFormat printed book
hasIllustrationsBy William Hodges
historicalSignificance helped disprove the existence of a large habitable southern continent near known latitudes
influenced later explorers and geographers
provided detailed charts of the southern Pacific
includesAccountOf crossing the Antarctic Circle
encounters with Polynesian societies
exploration of New Zealand waters
exploration of the South Pacific islands
natural history observations
navigation and seamanship practices
language English
narrativeFocus second voyage of James Cook
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1777
publisher T. Cadell
W. Strahan
relatedPerson George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
relatedWork An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
structure two volumes
subject Southern Ocean
cartography
ethnography
geographical discovery
navigation
timePeriodDescribed 1772–1775

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