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• Author/Creator:Samwell, David, 1751-1798, author.
  
• Title:A 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.
  
• Publication:London : Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
  
• Physical Description:[4], 34 pages ; 29 cm
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: G246.C7 S26 1786+ Oversize
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Zc70 +784cy
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

  • Location:MEDICAL/HISTORICAL, Histories, Locked (Non-Circulating)
    Request for Use in the Medical Historical Library
    
    
  • Call Number: Biog +C772S
    
  • Status:No information available 

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original paper wrappers; stitched as issued.
  
• Notes:Cover title.
  
• Summary:By David Samwell. "In contrast with other surviving journals, Samwell's is often racy and irreverent, giving glimpses of the more frivolous aspects of the voyage, particularly in his rakish preoccupation with the attractions of the local women."--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  
• Format:Book
• Contents:Preface -- Narrative of the death of Captain Cook -- Some particulars concerning the life and character of Captain Cook -- Observations respecting the introduction of the venereal disease into the Sandwich Islands.
  
• Subjects:Cook, James, 1728-1779--Death and burial.
  Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel--Pacific Area.
  Sexually transmitted diseases--Hawaii.
  Explorers--Great Britain--Death.
  Hawaii--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1786.
  
• Also listed under:G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England), publisher.