David Samwell
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David Samwell (October 15, 1751 – November 23, 1798), Welsh naval surgeon and poet. He is known by the pseudonym Dafydd Ddu Feddyg.
The journal of his experiences aboard Captain James Cook's ship Discovery provide a detailed account of the third and last voyages of Cook to the Pacific Ocean. Part of the journal [1] describes the death of Captain Cook at the hands of natives on the Sandwich Islands in 1779.
[edit] References
- ^ Samwell, David. A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook. London, 1786.
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