Captain 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 ...
James Cook
British explorer and cartographer
Captain James Cook FRS 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. Wikipedia
Born: October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, United Kingdom
Died: February 14, 1779 (age 50 years), Kealakekua Bay, HI
Children: Nathaniel Cook, Joseph Cook, George Cook, and more
Parents: Grace Pace Cook and James Cook
Siblings: Margaret Cook, Jane Cook, Christiana Cook, and more
Spouse: Elizabeth Batts Cook (m. 1762–1779)
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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 ...
British navigator and explorer who explored the Pacific Ocean and several islands in this region. He is credited as the first European to discover the Hawaiian ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Cook wasn't in New Zealand when the slaughter took place; the Adventure and the Resolution had been separated in a fog. But, on his way back to ...
Feb 9, 2010 · On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is killed by Native Hawaiians during his third visit to ...
Born in Marton, near Middlesborough, James Cook would go on to become one of the most famous explorers in British maritime history.
When Cook tried to take the king hostage after the theft of a ship's boat, the inhabitants became alarmed and during a struggle Cook was stabbed and killed on ...
Apr 7, 2024 · The British explorer who sailed the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 1700s, and who was killed in Hawaii, initiated a period of colonization ...
Aug 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 ...
The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771.