James Cook

“We had been a hundred and seventeen days at sea, in which time we had sailed over three thousand six hundred and sixty leagues without ever once seeing land.”

“I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.”

“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.”

“Thirst and hunger are Cravings that cannot be dispelled by arguments.”

“From what I have said of the Natives of New-Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans.”

“They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturb’d by the Inequality of Condition.”