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COOK, James (1728 – 1779)

COOK, James (1728 – 1779)

1728 – 1779

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1776 CE

#3714

The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of H.M.S. the Resolution during her late voyage round the world. In: Sir John Pringle, A discourse upon some late improvements in the means for preserving the health of mariners.

PRINGLE, Sir John (1707 – 1782)
PRINGLE, Sir John (1707 – 1782)
COOK, James (1728 – 1779)
COOK, James (1728 – 1779)

Following the scurvy-preventing suggestions of James Lind, Cook lost only one man to disease on his second voyage from 1768-1771. Reprinted in Phil. Trans., 1776, 66, 402-06. See No. 2156.