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June 3, 2011

Dear Mac of Mac's Web Log, 

During the course of my research into the second voyage of Captain Cook I came across your site and was wondering if you would be able to help me. 

I have been trying to find crew manifests for both the HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure during Cook's second voyage into the Pacific. I am greatly in need of both manifests as I am hoping to begin work on a fictionalized account of the expedition. If you could direct me to where I could find such a manifest I would be incredible grateful. Also, if you could perhaps name a few pieces of published material that would help in my research of Cook's second voyage I would be even more thankful as I'm starting from scratch with this project of mine.

With regards, 
Sean Thomas

Sean,

Here are the basic crew lists for the three Voyages of Captain James Cook.

See the note at the end of this list to find the source material.

Hope this assists you a little.

Best wishes,

Mac.

The Crew of Cook's Three Voyages 1768-1779
The Crew of Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771

     HMB Endeavour
    
      Captain
     James Cook
    
      Lieutenants
     Zachary Hicks
    

     John Gore
    
      Midshipmen
     Charles Clerke
    

     William Harvey
    

     James Magra
    

     Patrick Saunders
    

     John Bootie
    

     Jonathan Monkhouse
    
      Master
     Robert Molyneux
    
      Boatswain
     John Gathrey
    
      Quartermasters
     Alexander Weir
    

     Samuel Evans
    
      Carpenter
     John Satterley
    
      Sailmaker
     John Ravenhill
    
      Gunner
     Stephen Forwood
    
      Cook
     John Thompson
    
      Surgeon
     William Monkhouse
    
      i/c Marines
     John Edgcumbe
    
      Astronomer
     Charles Green
    
      Naturalists
     Joseph Banks
    

     Daniel Solander
    

     Hermann Sporing
    
      Artists
     Sydney Parkinson
    

     Alexander Buchan
    

The Crews of Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1775

     HMS Resolution
     HMS Adventure
    
      Captain
     James Cook
     Tobias Furneaux
    
      Lieutenants
     Robert Cooper
     Arthur Kempe
    

     Richard Pickersgill
     James Burney
    

     Charles Clerke
    
    
      Midshipmen
     James Colnett
     Thomas Woodhouse
    

     William Harvey
     Love Constable
    

     Isaac Manley
     Samuel Kemp
    

     Thomas Willis
     George Moorey
    

     Joseph Price
     Henry Lightfoot
    

     Charles Loggie
     John Lambrecht
    
      Master
     Joseph Gilbert
     Peter Fannen
    
      Boatswain
     James Grey
     Edward Johns
    
      Quartermasters
     Francis Scarnell
     Robert Moody
    

     Patrick Whelan
     Francis Murphy
    

     Anthony Atkin
     Francis Treneer
    

     Samuel Bordall
     Robert Barber
    

     John Ellwell
    
    

     John Lockton
    
    
      Carpenter
     James Wallis
     William Offord
    
      Sailmaker
     Richard Rollett
     Andrew Hill
    
      Gunner
     Robert Anderson
     Andrew Gloag
    
      Cook
     John Ramsay
     Mortimer Mahoney
    
      Surgeon
     James Patton
     Thomas Andrews
    
      i/c Marines
     John Edgcumbe
     James Scott
    
      Astronomer
     William Wales
     William Bayly
    
      Naturalists
     Johann Forster
    
    

     Georg Forster
    
    

     Anders Sparrman
    
    
      Artist
     William Hodges
    
    

The Crews of Cook's Third Voyage 1776-1780

     HMS Resolution
     HMS Discovery
    
      Captains
     James Cook
     Charles Clerke
    

     Charles Clerke
     John Gore
    

     John Gore
     James King
    
      Lieutenants
     James King
     James Burney
    

     John Gore
     John Rickman
    

     John Williamson
    
    

     William Harvey
    
    

     James Burney
    
    
      Midshipmen
     William Charlton
     Edward Riou
    

     Richard Hergest
     George Vancouver
    

     William Midd
     Alexander Mouat
    

     James Trevenen
     John Martin
    

     William Shuttleworth
     William Harvey
    

     John Hatley
    
    

     John Watts
    
    

     James Ward
    
    
      Master
     William Bligh
     Thomas Edgar
    
      Boatswain
     William Ewin
     Aneas Aitken
    
      Quartermasters
     Patrick Whelan
     William Hollamby
    

     John Brown
     William Stevens
    

     Thomas Roberts
    
    
      Carpenter
     James Cleveley
     Peter Reynolds
    
      Sailmaker
     William Widdall
     William Hillsey
    
      Gunner
     Robert Anderson
     William Peckover
    
      Cook
     Robert Morris
     Robert Goulding
    
      Surgeon
     William Anderson
     John Law
    

     John Law
     David Samwell
    
      i/c Marines
     Molesworth Phillips
     James Kich
    
      Astronomer
    
     William Bayly
    
      Artist
     John Webber
    
    

John Robson

The lists contain only the officers and persons who played
significant roles during the three voyages. I felt there
were too many other crew members to include everyone.

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1913, volume 25,
number 1 (2002).
Corrected in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25, number 3
(2002)
Explanation added in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25,
number 4 (2002)

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