Nathaniel Portlock
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Nathaniel Portlock was a British ship's captain, maritime fur trader, and author.
Nathaniel Portlock
Third voyage of James Cook
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James Cook's third and final voyage took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, and along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.
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William Bligh, 1775 by John Webber
A hand-coloured lithograph depicting a village visited by Captain James Cook near Waimea, Kauai, on his third voyage. Based on a 1778 etching by John Webber which was published by William Hodges, it is one of the few views of Hawaii made during Cook's third voyage (1776–1779).
Kealakekua Bay heiau (temple); illustration by William Ellis.