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ness.” [33] Temporary repairs to the hull were accomplished at sea, and the ship (The En-
deavor) was run up on land and turned on its side for complete repairs. From the top of a
hill, Cook charted a likely passage through the coral labyrinth and brought the Endeavor
safely home. [34]
Figure 3.6. Engraving of James Cook
by Nathaniel Dance [35]
His second voyage began in July 1772 and ended in 1775 as a triumph of far-flung
discoveries. He circled Antarctica and visited Tahiti, Easter Island, the Melanesian Islands,
and the Tonga islands. His third and last voyage (1776) also covered immense distances:
from England to Capetown to Tasmania, then to New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga, Christmas
Island, north to Alaska, and west again for his discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. Here, a
dispute with the natives over stolen property ended with his death in battle. His obituary
in the London Gazette lamented the death of so “intrepid, so able, and so intelligent a Sea-