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James Cook
navigator · naval officer · foreign visitor
James Cook was the English navigator who called at Funchal in 1768 (Endeavour, with the astronomer Green) and 1772 (Resolution, carrying the Forsters). His expedition narratives recorded observations of Madeira, including the many Black and mulatto people seen there in 1772.
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- Scientific expeditions — English navigator who called at Madeira in 1768 and 1772 on his Pacific voyages.
- Green — Navigator whose first voyage called at Madeira in 1768 with the astronomer Green.
- Forster (Johann Reinhold) — British navigator whose second South Seas voyage, carrying the Forsters, called at Funchal in 1772.
- Madeira (island) — English navigator whose second-voyage narrative noted many Black and mulatto people in Madeira in 1772.
2Chronology
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Cook's Endeavour expedition lay at Funchal before sailing for Rio de Janeiro; Banks and Solander collected plants and the astronomer Green visited Madeira.
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Captain James Cook arrived at Funchal in the Resolution on his second voyage, accompanied by the botanists Forster; he recorded large numbers of Black and mulatto people in Madeira.
3Places mentioned
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