Editing HMS Endeavour (section)

====Return voyage====
Though ''Endeavour'' was now in good condition, her crew were not. During the ship's stay in Batavia, all but 10 of the 94&nbsp;people aboard had been taken ill with [[malaria]] and [[dysentery]].<ref>Blainey 2008, pp. 338–344</ref>{{efn|Some of ''Endeavour''{{'}}s crew also contracted an unspecified lung infection.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=441}} Cook noted that disease of various kinds had broken out aboard every ship berthed in Batavia at the time, and that "this seems to have been a year of General sickness over most parts of India" and in England.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=2441"}}}} By the time ''Endeavour'' set sail on 26 December, seven crew members had died and another forty were too sick to attend their duties.{{sfn|Hosty|Hundley|2003|pp=55–58}} Over the following twelve weeks, a further 23 died from disease and were buried at sea, including Spöring, Green, Parkinson, and the ship's surgeon William Monkhouse.<!-- not to be confused with his brother midshipman Jonathon Monkhouse --><ref name="Courier1878"/>

Cook attributed the sickness to polluted drinking water, and ordered that it be purified with [[lime (fruit)|lime]] juice, but this had little effect.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=447}} Jonathan Monkhouse, who had proposed fothering the ship to save her from sinking on the reef, died on 6 February, followed six days later by ship's carpenter John Seetterly, whose skilled repair work in Australia had allowed ''Endeavour'' to resume her voyage.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|pp=449–450}} The health of the surviving crew members then slowly improved as the month progressed, with the last deaths from disease being three [[Ordinary seaman|ordinary seamen]] on 27 February.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=452}}

On 13 March 1771, ''Endeavour'' rounded the Cape of Good Hope and made port in [[Cape Town]] two days later. Those still sick were taken ashore for treatment.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=457}} The ship remained in port for four weeks awaiting the recovery of the crew and undergoing minor repairs to her masts.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|pp=460–461}} On 15 April, the sick were brought back on board along with ten recruits from Cape Town, and ''Endeavour'' resumed her homeward voyage.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|pp=463–466, 597}} The English mainland was sighted on 10 July and ''Endeavour'' entered the port of [[Dover]] two days later.{{sfn|Beaglehole|1968|p=477}}

Approximately one month after his return, Cook was promoted to the rank of [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]], and by November 1771 was in receipt of Admiralty Orders for a [[Second voyage of James Cook|second expedition]], this time aboard [[HMS Resolution (1771)|HMS ''Resolution'']].<ref>Hough 1995, p. 217</ref> During his [[Third voyage of James Cook|third voyage]] (second on ''Resolution''), Cook was killed during his attempted [[Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by James Cook|kidnapping of the ruling chief of Hawaii]] at [[Kealakekua Bay]] on 14 February 1779.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Voyage of the Resolution 1776–1780 |publisher=The University of Canterbury, New Zealand |year=2008 |url=http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/voyages/resolution/death.shtml |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708052108/http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/voyages/resolution/death.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>