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The route of Cook's third voyage shown in red; blue shows the return route after his death. James Cook's third and final voyage (12 July 1776 – 4 October 1780) was a British attempt to discover the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific coast of North America.
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 route of Cook's first voyage Later state of map originally published 1748. Revised to show the discoveries of Cook's first voyage (1768-1771) and discoveries in Bering Strait. 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.
The second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, [1] was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis.
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.
James Cook led three separate voyages to chart areas of the globe unknown to the Kingdom of Great Britain. [2] During his third and final voyage, he serendipitously encountered what are known today as the Islands of Hawaii. [3] He first sighted the islands on 18 January 1778 and landed on both Kauai and Ni'ihau. [4] [5]
Cook lands at Botany Bay in Australia and explores the Pacific Coast of the continent. 1775 British explorer James Cook explores the South Atlantic island of South Georgia and claims it for the United Kingdom. 1778 British explorer James Cook explores the Hawaiian Islands and the Northwestern Coast of North America from Alta California to the ...
1769–70 – During his first voyage, English explorer James Cook circumnavigates both islands of New Zealand, proving they are not part of Terra Australis Incognita. He also charts the east coast of Australia from Cape Howe to Cape York. [82]