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Bookmark or Share- James Cook | Biography, Accomplishments, Ship, Voyage Route, Family ...James Cook, British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and the Pacific Ocean. Cook set new standards in navigation, cartography, the care of crew at sea, and in the application of science at sea.
- James Cook: Biography, English Explorer, Charting of OceaniaJames Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour.
- First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of ...First Voyage of Captain James Cook. (1768 - 1771) James Cook’s first voyage circumnavigated the globe in the ship Endeavour, giving the botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander the opportunity to collect plants from previously unexplored habitats.
- Captain Cook killed in Hawaii | February 14, 1779 | HISTORYOn February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is killed by Native Hawaiians during his third visit to the Pacific island group.
- Captain Cook’s 1768 Voyage to the South Pacific Included a Secret ...Captain James Cook set out on a voyage across the Pacific 250 years ago, seemingly on a scientific voyage. But he carried secret instructions from the Navy with him as well. Wikimedia Commons....
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