Lynne Withey has taught history at the University of Iowa, Boston University, and the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams.

• PrefacePrologue: The Royal Society Plans a VoyageI Foundations: Pacific Exploration Before Cook1. The World Beyond Europe2. Old Ideas and New Strategies3. Paradise Discovered4. PreparationsII The Discovery of Polynesia5. Tahiti6. Amateur Ethnographers7. In Search of the Southern Continent8. Homeward9. Mr. Banks's VoyageIII Circumnavigating the Antarctic10. To the Antarctic11. Return to Tahiti12. The Second Antarctic Summer13. Island Hopping Across the Pacific14. The Islands of Quiros15. MaiIV The Search for a Northwest Passage16. The "Friendly Islands"17. Mai Returns18. To the Arctic19. Kealakekua Bay20. Cook the HeroV Exploration and Empire: The Legacy of Cook's Voyages21. Exploiting the Pacific: Convicts, Furs, and Breadfruit22. The End of an Era: Vancouver in the PacificReferencesIndex

Lynne Withey has taught history at the University of Iowa, Boston University, and the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams.

• PrefacePrologue: The Royal Society Plans a VoyageI Foundations: Pacific Exploration Before Cook1. The World Beyond Europe2. Old Ideas and New Strategies3. Paradise Discovered4. PreparationsII The Discovery of Polynesia5. Tahiti6. Amateur Ethnographers7. In Search of the Southern Continent8. Homeward9. Mr. Banks's VoyageIII Circumnavigating the Antarctic10. To the Antarctic11. Return to Tahiti12. The Second Antarctic Summer13. Island Hopping Across the Pacific14. The Islands of Quiros15. MaiIV The Search for a Northwest Passage16. The "Friendly Islands"17. Mai Returns18. To the Arctic19. Kealakekua Bay20. Cook the HeroV Exploration and Empire: The Legacy of Cook's Voyages21. Exploiting the Pacific: Convicts, Furs, and Breadfruit22. The End of an Era: Vancouver in the PacificReferencesIndex