Cook's 2nd Voyage; American Revolution in The London Chronicle, From Saturday, June 21, to Tuesday, June 24, 1777.
London: J. Wilkie, 1777. Newspaper with important material on James Cook, including an article, (27 column inches) , "Extracts from A Voyage round the World, in His Majesty's Sloop the Resolution, commanded by Captain Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By George Forster, F. R. S. Description of the Inhabitants of Ea-Oowhe, an Island in the South Sea, adjacent to Tonga-Tabbo, or Tasman's Amsterdam Island." The article, which describes the daily life of the "O-Taheitian", concludes "Thus contented with their simple way of life, and placed in a delightful country, they are free from cares, and happy in their ignorance. To dress, to dance, to sing their sole delight; The feast or bath by day, and love by night." This number also includes an address to Edmund Burke Relative to the Affairs of America by Edward Topham, in which Topham discusses the treason of America, and states that the Americans are still subjects of England and that "whatever acts of seeming equality have passed between us and the Americans have been matter of favour on our part, not of right on theirs." Vol. XLI, Number 593. 9x12", 8pp. Item #13340
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