Editing James Cook (section)

===Return to England===
In October 1770, Cook stopped in [[History of Jakarta|Batavia]] (modern [[Jakarta]], Indonesia), where the Dutch dockyard facilities were used to inspect and repair the damage from running aground on the Great Barrier Reef.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1974|p=253}} While in Batavia, seven of his crew died from [[malaria]], and 40 were sickened.{{sfn|Edwards|2003|p=189}} From Batavia, he sailed to the [[Cape of Good Hope]], then to the island of [[Saint Helena]], arriving on 30 April 1771.<ref>{{harvnb|Beaglehole|1968|p=468.}}</ref> The ship finally returned to England on 12 July 1771, anchoring in [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|the Downs]], and Cook disembarked to go to [[Deal, Kent|the town of Deal]] in Kent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/the-first-voyage-1768-1771 |title=The First Voyage (1768–1771) |publisher=The Captain Cook Society (CCS) |access-date=24 July 2019 |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403121441/https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/the-first-voyage-1768-1771 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|The duration of the first voyage was 1,050 days, from 26 August 1768 to 12 July 1771.}}

Shortly after his return, Cook was promoted in August 1771 to the rank of [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hough|1994|p=180.}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|McLynn|2011|p=167.}}</ref> Cook's journal of the first voyage was published in 1773.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1974|pp=290-291}}{{sfn|Collingridge|2003|pp=262-263}}{{efn|
The publication was edited by [[John Hawkesworth (book editor)|John Hawkesworth]], and was combined with journals of several other British naval expeditions to the Pacific. It was given a lengthy title that began ''[[An Account of the Voyages]]...''.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1974|pp=290-291}} }} Banks received accolades from the press and the scientific community.{{sfn|Collingridge|2003|pp=251-254}} Banks planned to travel with Cook in the second voyage, but his excessive demands for modifications to the ship conflicted with the Admiralty's constraints, so he removed himself from the voyage before it departed.{{sfn|Collingridge|2003|pp=259-263}}