James Cook - Wikipedia
WEBCaptain James Cook FRS (7 November [ O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
James Cook | Biography, Accomplishments, Ship, Voyage Route, …
WEBApr 19, 2024 · James Cook, British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and the Pacific Ocean. Cook set new standards in navigation, cartography, the care of crew at sea, and in the application of science at sea. Read more about Cook here.
James Cook: Biography, English Explorer, Charting of Oceania
WEBAug 2, 2023 · James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour. He later disproved the existence of...
James Cook summary | Britannica
WEBJames Cook, known as Captain Cook, (born Oct. 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Feb. 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii), British sailor and explorer. He joined the Royal Navy (1755) and in 1763–67 surveyed the St. Lawrence River and the coast of Newfoundland.
BBC - History - Captain James Cook
WEBu. v. w. x. y. z. Portrait of Captain James Cook, by John Webber © Cook was an 18th century explorer and navigator whose achievements in mapping the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia radically...
Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer - BBC
WEBMar 9, 2012 · Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer. By Professor Glyn Williams. Last updated 2012-03-09. Captain James Cook is widely renowned as an explorer, pioneering navigator and preventer...
James Cook - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and Park
WEBCaptain James Cook is known for his extensive voyages that took him throughout the Pacific. He mapped several island groups in the Pacific that had been previously discovered by other explorers. But he was the first European we know of to encounter the Hawaiian Islands. While on these voyages, Cook discovered that New Zealand was an island.
'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage
WEBApr 3, 2024 · SIDES: Captain Cook was arguably one of the greatest explorers of all time - you know, the quality of his observations, the sheer number of nautical miles that he traveled, the incredible...
An enthralling account of Captain Cook’s final, fatal voyage
WEBApr 8, 2024 · By Hampton Sides. Doubleday; 432 pages; $35. Michael Joseph; £25. U NTIL RECENTLY Captain James Cook was not a particularly controversial figure. But in January a statue of the 18th-century...
Who was James Cook? | Britannica
WEBJames Cook was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and 1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand. Who was James Cook?
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