A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook

Surgeon of The Discovery
LONDON: Printed for G. C. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row MDCCLXXXVI
(The Edition of this Reprint is Limited to 500 Copies)
Captain James Cook

A NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME PARTICULARS, CONCERNING HIS LIFE and CHARACTER. AND OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE VENEREAL DISEASE INTO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
By DAVID SAMWELL, SURGEON OF THE DISCOVERY.

In presenting this reprint to our members the editor wishes to express his thanks to Professor W. T. Brigham of the Bishop Museum for furnishing him with a photograph of Captain Cook, from which the cut in this reprint was made; to Mr. John F. G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum for his assistance in identifying the Hawaiian names, and to Mr. J. W. Waldron for furnishing a typewritten copy of the book of which this is a reprint.
The modern Hawaiian names are inserted in brackets following those given in the text.
This reprint was edited and indexed for the Hawaiian Historical Society by Bruce Cartwright, Jr.