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Second Voyage · 1772–1775

Resolution — the Southern Arc

The second voyage arc across the South Pacific — Resolution probing the ice, the island visits, and the route that brought Cook back to the same shores for the second time.

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All three voyages

Cook's Favoured Waters

The places Cook returned to across all three voyages — extended stays, multiple visits, and the fatal anchorage at Kealakekua Bay. A map of accumulation and consequence.

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Second Voyage · Fiji · 1774

Vatoa — Turtle Island

Four lines in Cook's journal. The moment he sighted what is now Fijian territory without landing — the entry that connects the series to Suva, and to everything that followed.

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Second Voyage · South Pacific · 1773–1774

South Pacific Islands

The island chain of the second voyage in detail — Tahiti, Tonga, the New Hebrides, and the network of peoples Cook encountered across the southern Pacific.

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Maps are interactive — click pins and locations for journal extracts and episode references. All maps built from Beaglehole's authoritative edition of Cook's journals.