Introduction / Robin Fisher and Hugh Johnston -- A presiding genius of exploration : Banks, Cook and Empire, 1767-1805 / David Mackay -- Alexander Dalrymple and Captain Cook: the creative interplay of two careers / Howard T. Fry -- Myth and reality:
James Cook and the theoretical geography of Northwest America / Glyndwr Williams -- Cook and the Nootka / Robin Fisher -- The Spanish reaction to Cook's third voyage / Christon I. Archer -- Cook's reputation in Russia / Terence Armstrong -- Medical aspects and consequences of Cook's voyages / Sir James Watt -- Cook's posthumous reputation / Bernard Smith -- The artistic bequest of Captain Cook's voyages / Rudiger Joppien -- Two centuries' perceptions of James Cook : George Forster to Beaglehole / Michael E. Hoare.
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