The explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-old belief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants. Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters completely unravels, for the first time, the full fascinating story concerning the mysterious supposed 18th century drowning of his son, James Cook junior. The author also presents genealogical evidence to support old rumours that after faking his own death, James traveled to North Yorkshire where he joined his wife & son, leaving behind him a scandal that resulted in him being virtually expunged from all official naval records. The Royal Navy cover-up that resulted matches any modern-day conspiracy theory and gives credence to all those who today claim to be direct descendants of the famous Captain James Cook R.N.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction & Acknowledgements
• Overview
• A Convenient Death?
  • The Story Begins
  • The Mysterious Farmer White
  • Veil of Secrecy
• A Drama Unfolds
  • Habeas Corpus – Where was the body found?
  • Lost to History? – The mysterious lack of records
• Recollections & Mercurial Truths
• Myths, Mysteries & Misconceptions
  • The Funeral Mystery
  • A Question of Legitimacy
  • A Matter of Class
  • The Myth of the South Sea Shilling
  • Hidden Offspring?
  • Credible Evidence
• Enduring Myths
  • The Death of James Cook Senior
  • The Royal Navy Myth
  • The Clapham Myth
  • The Cotton Tree Myth
  • The Freemasonry Myth
• The Marriage of James Cook Junior
• Some Claimants to Descendancy
  • Sir Ernest Shackleton (Antarctic explorer)
  • Commander Frank Wild CBE, RNVR, FRGS
  • Mrs Northwood (Wild’s sister, living in England)
  • Miss M. A. Cook (Pembroke, Ontario, Canada)
  • Florence M. Wolter (Australia)
  • Elizabeth Chad (Port Colborne, Canada)
  • Charles H. Clark (of Yorkshire U.K.)
  • Susannah Rowe (of Woodbridge, Suffolk)
  • Ann Rumsey (of Colchester, Essex)
  • Mr Peter Lawson (Ricall, near York, England)
  • Mrs Barclay (New Zealand)
  • Ken Fulks (Canada)
• The Cook Family of North Yorkshire
• The Cook Family Genealogy
• The Official Enquiry
  • The Witnesses
  • Surveyors General Conclusion
• Author’s Conclusion
• Appendix Full Transcript of the Enquiry by the Surveyors General
• Bibliography
• Plates