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10 James Cook Accomplishments and Achievements
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James Cook’s first voyage, which took place from 1768 to 1771, was primarily focused on observing the transit of Venus across the sun. However, Cook was also tasked with exploring and charting the largel… See more
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Dec 7, 2024 · James Cook (born October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England—died February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii) was a British naval captain, …
Captain James Cook: His Life, Career, Death and Contributions
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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Captain James Cook (1728 –1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean. …
Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer - BBC
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Mar 9, 2012 · The three major voyages of discovery of Captain James Cook provided his European masters with unprecedented information about the Pacific Ocean, and about those …
James Cook - American Revolutionary Geographies Online
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Footnotes. Richard Hough, Captain James Cook: A Biography (New York: W.W. Norton, 1995), xv–8.↩. John Robson, Captain Cook’s War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years, 1755–1768 …
BBC - History - Captain James Cook
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James Cook was born on 27 October 1728 in a small village near Middlesbrough in Yorkshire. His father was a farm worker. At the age of 17, Cook moved to the coast, settling in Whitby and …
James Cook: Biography, English Explorer, Charting of Oceania
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Aug 2, 2023 · QUICK FACTS. Name: James Cook; Birth Year: 1728; Birth date: October 27, 1728
James Cook - The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Jan 7, 2008 · Contributions to Cartography. James Cook charted part of Gaspé and helped prepare the map that enabled James Wolfe's armada to navigate the St. Lawrence River.He …
10 Things You May Not Know About Captain James Cook
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Apr 29, 2015 · 1. Cook joined the Royal Navy relatively late in life. Cook worked on a Yorkshire farm in his youth before winning an apprenticeship with a merchant sailing company at age 17.
Captain James Cook timeline - Royal Museums Greenwich
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Many of Cook's men suffer and die from malaria and dysentery. July 1772: Cook, now a commander, sets out with two colliers, Resolution and Adventure. January 1773: Cook …
The Geographic Adventures of Captain James Cook - ThoughtCo
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Jul 30, 2018 · James Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, England. His father was a Scottish migrant farmworker who allowed James to apprentice on coal-carrying boats at the age of …
James Cook - New World Encyclopedia
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Captain James Cook, FRS (October 27, 1728 – February 14, 1779), was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, accurately charting …
James Cook - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and Park
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Endnotes. Charles J. Shields, James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002), 16. Richard Hough, Captain James Cook (New York: WW …
Captain James Cook - Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliographies
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Feb 25, 2016 · Part travelogue, part biography, Horowitz’s book contains what is surely the most effecting modern portrait of Cook. Hough, Richard. Captain James Cook: A Biography. New …
