(PLATE: CAPTAIN COOK.
FROM THE PORTRAIT BY N. DANCE, R.A., IN THE PAINTED HALL, GREENWICH
HOSPITAL.)



THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR

BY ARTHUR KITSON.


WITH PORTRAIT AND MAP.



1907



TO
MY WIFE
LINDA DOUGLAS KITSON.



PREFACE.

In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N.,