... Eagle had no experience, and many of them had been gathered by the ill reputed Naval Press gangs. It was obvious to the Eagle's captain, Joseph Hamar, that Cook was no ordinary recruit. Standing more than six feet tall, with piercing eyes and a prominent brow, Cook displayed a spirit of ... Endeavor as an English Naval vessel; he suspected Cook and his men were spies or smugglers, and threatened to jail anyone who left the ship. Joseph Banks, a naturalist, took one of the artists, Sydney Parkinson, and managed to slip ashore one night to collect plants. Eventually the Viceroy allowed .....

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