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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 voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, vol. I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768–1771. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 223185477. Beaglehole, J. C. (1974). The Life of Captain James Cook. London: Adam and Charles Black. Blainey, Geoffrey (2008). Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals. Penguin Group (Australia).
A shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island is the long-lost ship of British explorer Captain James Cook, according to experts.. Researchers at the Australian National Maritime Museum said they have ...
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European discovery of eastern Australia, Hawaii and undertook the first circumnavigation of New Zealand.
For other uses, see Captain Cook (disambiguation) and James Cook (disambiguation). 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 voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
The replica vessel commenced her maiden voyage in October of that year, sailing to Sydney Harbour and then following Cook's path from Botany Bay northward to Cooktown. [28] From 1996 to 2002, the replica retraced Cook's ports of call around the world, arriving in the original Endeavour 's home port of Whitby in May 1997 [130] and June 2002. [129]
The first voyage of James Cook was a discovery expedition to the south Pacific Ocean, with aims of observing the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun [1] and seeking evidence of the alleged southern territories, named by that time as Terra Australis Incognita. [2] The ship chosen for the voyage was HMS Endeavour.
Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University. The ...