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``` | |
-title: "Captain Cook" | |
-author: "@andrewxhill" | |
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# Captain Cook | |
``` | |
- center: [48.1368, 0.2197] | |
- zoom: 2 | |
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## Among the things he loved, he must have counted islands | |
Here is a quick look at some of the islands he mentions in the [Journal of Captain Cook](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00043.html). Downloaded from Project Gutenberg. | |
# North Island, NZ | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 3 | |
- center: [-38.0035,175.597] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
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``` | |
skirted the western coast of the north island of New Zealand without | |
_[SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L600)_ | |
# Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, CL | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 20 | |
- center: [-27.1167,-109.367] | |
- zoom: 4 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
visited, Davis' discovery of Easter Island, where he examined and | |
_[SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L1394)_ | |
# Rocky Islands, MD, US | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 45 | |
- center: [38.9935,-77.2486] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
2 Small rocky Islands, that lie about 4 Miles from the Shore. At 9 a.m. | |
_[CHAPTER 1. ENGLAND TO RIO JANEIRO.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L3241)_ | |
# Peaked Hill, Islands, HK | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 53 | |
- center: [22.2163,113.837] | |
- zoom: 4 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
and a remarkable Peaked Hill to the Southward of it South-West; and soon | |
_[CHAPTER 2. RIO JANEIRO TO TAHITI.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L4284)_ | |
# Tahiti Island, Papeari, Windward Islands, PF | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 70 | |
- center: [-17.6902,-149.376] | |
- zoom: 4 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
-Winds at Tahiti.- | |
_[CHAPTER 3. TAHITI.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L7175)_ | |
# Portland Island, Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay, NZ | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 84 | |
- center: [-39.2909,177.868] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
-Off Portland Island, North Island, New Zealand.- | |
_[CHAPTER 4. TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-1.txt#L8637)_ | |
# Urupukapuka Island, Hikurangi, Northland, NZ | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 100 | |
- center: [-35.2156,174.23] | |
- zoom: 5 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
-At Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand.- | |
_[CHAPTER 4. TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L18)_ | |
# North Island, NZ | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 117 | |
- center: [-38.0035,175.597] | |
- zoom: 5 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
-Complete the Circuit of North Island, New Zealand.- | |
_[CHAPTER 6. EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L1363)_ | |
# Urupukapuka Island, Hikurangi, Northland, NZ | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 133 | |
- center: [-35.2156,174.23] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
useful mineral is also found in the Bay of Islands, and other places in | |
_[CHAPTER 6. EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L2461)_ | |
# Long Island, NY, US | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 150 | |
- center: [40.8525,-73.1358] | |
- zoom: 5 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
with steep rocky Clifts next the Sea, and looks like a long Island lying | |
_[CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L3853)_ | |
# Or Island, St.-Raphael, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, FR | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 168 | |
- center: [43.4127,6.84301] | |
- zoom: 5 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
West, Magnetical Head or Island, as it had much the appearance of an | |
_[CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L4936)_ | |
# Lizard Island, Almaden, Queensland, AU | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 181 | |
- center: [-14.6657,145.46] | |
- zoom: 5 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
Lizard Island bore South by West, distant 10 Leagues. We now made all the | |
_[CHAPTER 8. EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L6345)_ | |
# Henry Island, Roche Harbor, WA, US | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 198 | |
- center: [48.6028,-123.187] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
Marianne Strait, which separates Frederick Henry Island from the main | |
_[CHAPTER 9. FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L7615)_ | |
# 2nd Island, Waterford, NY, US | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 214 | |
- center: [42.7794,-73.6915] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
Island and the 2nd Island, to the Eastward of Wapping Island, where we | |
_[CHAPTER 9. FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L8636)_ | |
# Sumatra, ID | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 233 | |
- center: [-0.14429,100.637] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
Sumatra; we afterwards heard that she, in a very short time, lost by | |
_[CHAPTER 10. BATAVIA TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-10000.txt#L9991)_ | |
# Hope Islands, Cooktown, Queensland, AU | |
``` | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause() | |
- step: 248 | |
- center: [-15.7494,145.444] | |
- zoom: 6 | |
O.Actions.Sleep(1700) | |
S.torqueLayer.actions.play() | |
``` | |
Hope Islands, 277. | |
_[CHAPTER 11. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ENGLAND.](https://github.com/andrewxhill/maps/blob/gh-pages/writers/cook/sec/pg8106-20000.txt#L1026)_ |
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