Editing James Cook (section)

===Interlude===
Cook's journals were published upon his return, and he became something of a hero among the scientific community. Among the general public, however, the aristocratic botanist Joseph Banks was a greater hero.<ref name="collingridge">{{harvnb|Collingridge|2003}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=December 2024}} Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage but removed himself from the voyage before it began, and [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] and his son [[Georg Forster]] were taken on as scientists for the voyage. Cook's son George was born five days before he left for his second voyage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britain.docuwat.ch/videos/empire/captain-cook-obsession-discovery-part-1-of-4 |title=Captain Cook: Obsession & Discovery. (Part 2 of 4) – Britain on DocuWatch – free streaming British history documentaries |year=2011 |access-date=5 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407143428/http://britain.docuwat.ch/videos/empire/captain-cook-obsession-discovery-part-1-of-4 |archive-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>