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Two hours later, Cook made a further observation of land and named it Point Hicks. Cook recorded the event thus: the Southermost [sic] Point of land we had in sight which bore from us W 1/4 S I judged to lay in the Latitude of 38°..0' S° and in the Longitude of 211°..07' W t from the Meridian of Greenwich.
Between 3 and 6 August a fleet of Royal Navy and hired craft, including Lord Sandwich 2, were scuttled at various locations in the Bay. [96] [g] Lord Sandwich 2, previously Endeavour, previously Earl of Pembroke, was sunk on 4 August 1778. [98] The owners of the sunken vessels were compensated by the British government for the loss of their ships.
Captain James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, and mapmaker. Captain Cook may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media.
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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.
Location on Wikimapia. Prior to the museum's establishment, there was a granite urn in Stewart Park commemorating the grounds of Marton Hall, Cook's residence. The urn was erected in the 1850s by local industrialist and mayor Henry Bolckow. [2] Marton Hall was destroyed by fire in 1960 during demolition, with only a stone loggia surviving. [3]
Easby Moor is a hill located in the civil parish of Little Ayton in the North York Moors national park within the Cleveland Hills, North Yorkshire, England.At the peak, 324 metres (1,063 ft) above sea level, is a monument to Captain James Cook, who was native to the area.