Biography
Officer of the British Royal Navy, explorer, and maritime fur trader. Colnett served under [James Cook][1] during Cook's second voyage of exploration.
[1]: /authors/OL21875A
[1]: /authors/OL21875A
Books by James Colnett
A voyage to the north west side of America
Colnett's journal aboard the A
Colnett's journal aboard the Argonaut
The journal of Captain James C
The journal of Captain James Colnett aboard the Argonaut from April 26, 1789 to Nov. 3, 1791
A voyage to the South Atlantic
A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean
![A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births [sic], in certain islands and coasts on those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6488801-L.jpg)
A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births [sic], in certain islands and coasts on those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted