Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia, the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Wikipedia
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James Cook (1728 - 1779), portrait of Captain James Cook RN, 1782, by John Webber, oil on canvas, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery. www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010231b.htm
James Cook spent most of his childhood at Great Ayton, a town not far from his birthplace, where his father moved to take a job as a farm foreman. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35939
New Captain Cook Documentary from Film Australia starts on Sunday 28 October This four-part documentary will also be screened in New Zealand, Germany and Canada but we have no dates or times. www.captaincooksociety.com/ccsu1.htm
Find out how, since his death in 1779, Cook has been celebrated in the towns and villages of his native North East of England where there are survivals of his times in Captain Cook Country. www.captcook-ne.co.uk/ccne/index.htm
More Link Collections I must admit I'm not the only, or even the first one to make a collection of Cook links. www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cook.html
Captain James Cook, R.N. (Royal Navy) Plaque after refurbishment (above) Photographed 25 August 2003 Plaque before refurbishment (below) Photographed 15 November 2002 ns1763.ca/hfxrm/cookjmon.html
COOKS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY Captain James Cook's three epic voyages to the South Seas, between 1768-1779, transformed the way Europeans viewed the Great South Land and the Pacific Ocean. www.atmitchell.com/journeys/history/voyages/voya_voyages....
All information relevant to the HMB Endeavour replica is in the process of being transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum's site. www.barkendeavour.com.au/