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```
-title: "Captain Cook"
-author: "@andrewxhill"
-vizjson: "http://andrew.cartodb.com/api/v2/viz/4ffc80c6-f005-11e3-a32e-0e73339ffa50/viz.json"
- steps: 256
-baseurl: "http://{s}.api.cartocdn.com/base-midnight/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
```
# Captain Cook
```
- center: [48.1368, 0.2197]
- zoom: 2
S.torqueLayer.actions.pause()
O.Actions.Sleep(1000)
S.torqueLayer.actions.play()
- step: 1
```
## 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)
S.torqueLayer.actions.play()
```
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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