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Captain James Cook - "The Great Ocean's Greatest Explorer"
The Voyages of Captain james cook, life and times of the great explorer, links, and news. Extensive information beautifully illustrated.
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Extractions: Captain James Cook "... the ablest and most renowned navigator this or any country hath produced. He possessed all the qualifications requisite for his profession and great undertakings ..." - Lord Palliser, Cook's superior in the Navy. people have Explored this page since November 28th, 1996. Last modified: Saturday, July 27th, 2002 AD These pages are best viewed using an 800 x 600 Screen Resolution or higher. Please Include this URL, , in your Bookmarks or Favorites and keep checking it out. Each time you should discover additional material and new links to follow. Currently developing pages on the 3rd Voyage This Site is dedicated to a man who, in the opinion of the French Navigator carried out work that was so all-encompassing that there was little for his successors to do but admire it. What he had bequeathed to future generations was at once grand and simple: a coherent map of the Pacific. More coming ... Check back soon.
Captain James Cook | British Navigator And Explorer
Short biography, sketch, and related links.Category Kids and Teens People and Society explorers cook, james james cook, explorer; In the words of Captain james cook and his crew A chronicleof the first European contact on the North West Coast of North American;
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Extractions: James Cook was born on October 27, 1728 in Marton, (near modern Middlesborough), Yorkshire, Britain. He commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain, and sailed around the world twice. Captain Cook's voyages lead to the establishment of colonies throughout the Pacific by several European countries. He is considered one of the world's greatest explorers. Cook was an apprentice to a shipping company at age 18, and joined the British Navy at 27 in 1755. In 1768, the Navy appointed him leader of a scientific expedition to Tahiti to observe a solar eclipse by Venus. He also had secret orders to seek a southern continent geographers long believed kept the world in balance. He set out on his first voyage round the world in the ship Endeavour . The trip to Tahiti was successful. The search for the southern continent ("Terres Australes" or lands in the south) was not. In October of 1769 Cook was the first European to visit New Zealand. On August 22, 1770, Cook
Antarctic Explorers: James Cook
Biography of the explorer with details of his Southern Ocean voyages.
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Extractions: James Cook was born in the Yorkshire village of Marton on October 27, 1728. His first experience at sea came at the age of 18 when he signed on as a deckhand aboard a Whitby collier carrying coal to London. He became an accomplished mathematician in his spare time and was actually offered a command of his own ship but refused and joined the Royal Navy as a seaman. His talents were soon recognized and after two years he became master of his own ship, the PEMBROKE , and was ordered to chart the waters of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. His work was masterful and the Admiralty recalled him to England and placed him in command of the ENDEAVOUR which was to take a number of scientists to the Pacific Ocean for observance of Venus. The ENDEAVOUR departed England in 1768 and after visiting Tahiti the following year he discovered New Zealand and claimed it for Great Britain. Sailing west, in 1770 he sighted the east coast of Australia. From here he sailed north and on August 22 he claimed the whole of eastern Australia as a British possession. The ENDEAVOUR returned to England in 1771 having added significantly to Britain's potential empire in the Pacific.
Cook, James - Early Explorers Project
Student's project devoted the legendary sea captain offers a biography, a chronology of his life, a map of his voyages, and a bibliography. james cook; A British explorer. By Jacalyn Guy
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Extractions: My project is on James Cook, a British explorer and navigator who lived from 1728-1779. I choose James Cook for my project because I have visited some of the places he named in Newfoundland and his life would be interesting to learn about. My project consists of the early life of James Cook, when he was in the Navy and his many voyages. I have included my own drawings of Cook, his ship and the routes he explored. I hope you enjoy my project! Early Life of James Cook J ames Cook was born on Oct. 27 1728 in Morton-in-Cleveland Yorksure England. His birthplace was a thatched cottage. Cook was the son of a farm labourer. Later Cook and his family moved to Ayton where he attended school. His father's employer was impressed by his intelligence, he was the one who paid for Cook's schooling. In 1774 Cook went to work in a shop in Saithes but he was very unhappy. At the age of 17 he worked for a ship owner here he learned about boating and the sea. I n 1775 Cook joined the Royal Navy as a ordinary seaman and was sent to North America on the ship Eagle. He worked his way up the Navy and finally became commander of his own survey vessel. This was very extra ordinary because ordinary people didn't usually become ship commander in the British Navy.
"Captain James Cook, The World's Explorer"
site copyright© 19982001 Nathan Kerl go to the guestbook of hits to thissite LE FastCounter Captain james cook The World's explorer Main Page
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Extractions: This site was created to honor Captain James Cook, the man who saw the whole world first. He traveled from his homeland of Great Britain to lands where few had gone before; bringing home much for his country. He was a discoverer, a mapmaker, and an innovator in the process of long distance sea travel.
Captain Cook
Biography of Captain james cook james cook, The World's explorer. Last update 12 Dec 99
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Frank/People/cook.html

Extractions: Captain James Cook, , English explorer. Cook joined the Royal Navy in , and within four years was a master of a ship. He commanded the Mercury in , which he sailed to Canada and up the St. Lawrence River. In , he led a number of surveying missions on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. Cook was long interested in astronomy , publishing some of his findings in the Transactions of the Royal Society . In the Society called on him to lead a voyage to Tahiti to establish an astronomical observatory, since the southern hemisphere would allow a better view of the planet Venus. Cook was accompanied on the exhibition by several botanists, including Sir Joseph Banks In he arrived in the terra australis incognita , the "unknown land in the south," now known as Australia. There he continued his scientific research. The wealth of plant species his team discovered led him to name his point of landing Botany Bay . He returned to England in . After another successful expedition to the South Pacific, he was elected to the Royal Society In , Cook set off on his last voyage, on which he discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian islands (which he called the Sandwich Islands). From Hawaii he sailed to Vancouver, through the
"Captain James Cook, The World's Explorer"
site contains indepth biography, images, news, discussion forum, FAQ.
http://members.tripod.com/cuculus/cook.html

Extractions: This site was created to honor Captain James Cook, the man who saw the whole world first. He traveled from his homeland of Great Britain to lands where few had gone before; bringing home much for his country. He was a discoverer, a mapmaker, and an innovator in the process of long distance sea travel.
Voyages Of Discovery - The Life Of Captain James Cook
The story of cook's life and voyages. Includes portrait and excerpts from cook's logs.Category Kids and Teens People and Society explorers cook, jamesDedicated to Captain james cook, the 18th Century Pacific explorer whocircumnavigated the Globe and added new lands to the British Crown.
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Extractions: THE NAVIGATOR "... I had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go ..." - James Cook, R.N. Introduction by Guy Pocock James Cook was born on the 27th October 1728, of humble stock, in the little Yorkshire village of Marton. The cottage in which James was born has long since been demolished, and nothing now remains but vestiges of the pump. But his memory is kept green by a flourishing Captain Cook Memorial School founded in 1850. The Cooks soon moved to the village of Great Ayton, where they lived in a cottage that still stands by the stream, while James's father built a more commodious cottage to house his growing family. Of this cottage nothing remains - in England, though a small obelisk in an enclosed space marks the plot where it stood. It was taken down stone by stone and brick by brick and transported to Australia where it has been rebuilt in Melbourne public gardens - one of Australia's most cherished relics. At Ayton James attended Mr. Pullen's little school where he seems to have shown a flair for figures. He also owed much kindness to the people of the Manor. But it was soon time for him to earn his living; and his father apprenticed him to a Mr. Sanderson who kept a general stores at Staithes. (The name Sanderson occurs on tombstones in Ayton churchyard.) So James went off to the astonishing little harbour-town of Staithes which lies tucked in at the base of the cliffs and is reached by one precipitous road. There he worked all day in an atmosphere of haberdashery and groceries, slept under the counter at night, and in his scant free time listened to the tales of sailormen down by the tiny harbour, or outside the 'Cod and Lobster'.
Captain James Cook | British Navigator And Explorer
Brief biography with links to other cook sites, and books on Captain cook.
http://www.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95oct/jcook.html

Extractions: James Cook was born on October 27, 1728 in Marton, (near modern Middlesborough), Yorkshire, Britain. He commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain, and sailed around the world twice. Captain Cook's voyages lead to the establishment of colonies throughout the Pacific by several European countries. He is considered one of the world's greatest explorers. Cook was an apprentice to a shipping company at age 18, and joined the British Navy at 27 in 1755. In 1768, the Navy appointed him leader of a scientific expedition to Tahiti to observe a solar eclipse by Venus. He also had secret orders to seek a southern continent geographers long believed kept the world in balance. He set out on his first voyage round the world in the ship Endeavour . The trip to Tahiti was successful. The search for the southern continent ("Terres Australes" or lands in the south) was not. In October of 1769 Cook was the first European to visit New Zealand. On August 22, 1770, Cook
"Captain James Cook, The World's Explorer"
Biographical essay, several images, cook bibliography and links, news, and discussion forum.
http://cuculus.tripod.com/cook.html

Extractions: This site was created to honor Captain James Cook, the man who saw the whole world first. He traveled from his homeland of Great Britain to lands where few had gone before; bringing home much for his country. He was a discoverer, a mapmaker, and an innovator in the process of long distance sea travel.
European Explorers James Cook
Presents links to pages suitable for fifth and sixth graders. Includes description of each site.Category Kids and Teens People and Society explorers cook, james The explorer Captain james cook james cook was born in Marton, England,in 1728. james cook was the greatest explorer of our planet.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/excook.htm
Cook, James - Bright Sparcs Biographical Entry
cook, james (1728 1779). Capt.,. Navigator and explorer. Born 27October 1728 England. Died 14 February 1779. cook commanded HMS
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Extractions: Home Browse Search Previous ... Next Capt., Online Sources Archival/Heritage Sources Published Sources Navigator and Explorer Born: 27 October 1728 England. Died: 14 February 1779. Cook commanded HMS "Endeavour" on its expedition to observe the transit of Venus at Tahiti in June 1769, and by his discovery of eastern Australia in 1770 opened this continent to the immediate contact and influence of science. Online Sources Published Sources See Also Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
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Medical practitioner and Public health worker Brady, Joseph (1828 1908), Civilengineer cook, james (1728 - 1779), Navigator and explorer Daintree, Richard
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Extractions: Home Browse Search A B C D ... Search Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne Jesuit Archives, Hawthorn John Curtin School of Medical Research John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland JS Battye Library of West Australian History, Library and Information Service of Western Australia Bailly, Joseph Charles, Mineralogist Bates, Daisy May (1863 - 1951), Anthropologist Baudin, Thomas Nicolas (1754 - 1803), Navigator and Explorer Brown, Robert (1773 - 1858), Botanist ... Search Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on ASAPWeb
James Cook: British Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
james cook British explorer james cook (October 27, 1728 February 14, 1779)was a British explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions to the
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Extractions: James Cook (October 27, 1728 - February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, the Antarctic, the Arctic, and around the world. Cook's first journey lasted from August 26,1768 to July 13, 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti on the Endeavor in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun. He was also searching for a large, southern continent that was thought to exist (but does not). Many scientists accompanied him on the voyage, including the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks. During this expedition, he sailed from Dover, England, to Brazil, around Cape Horn (the southern tip of South America), and to Tahiti (April 11, 1769), where he stayed for months in order to observe the transit of Venus. He then sailed to and named the Society Islands (named to honor the Royal Society, the organization that sponsored the trip). Cook sailed to New Zealand on October 6,1769, where he and his crew fought with the Maori (the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand) and mapped much of the two major islands (the strait between these two islands is now named Cook Strait) and showing that is was not part of a larger southern continent.
James Cook Link Page
Includes links to the major sites, biography, youth and early life, the first voyage, the second voyage, Category Society History Exploration explorers cook, james Navigator Michael Dickinson; Captain james cook - Mark Winthrop;Captain james cook, The World's explorer - Nathan Kerl; HM Bark
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cook.html

Extractions: This page is part of the Discoverers Web I must admit I'm not the only, or even the first one to make a collection of Cook links. Check out these sites: The following sites have lots of different pieces of information on James Cook, and can be found at several places on this page: See below for descriptions of his voyages, these pages are the ones that look at his life as a whole. Michael Dickinson: The Life of Captain James Cook Nathan Kerl: Captain James Cook, an original biography
The Explorer Captain James Cook
Learn about the history of the explorer Captain james cook, and the three majorvoyages of discovery he embarked upon. The explorer Captain james cook.
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Extractions: The explorer Captain James Cook James Cook was born in Marton, England, in 1728. In his formative years, he worked for his father as a labourer on his farm, but it wasnt long before the call of the sea enticed him away from dry land. By the age of eighteen he was discovering his sea legs aboard a coal transport ship, traditionally the type of boat that sailors used to learn their trade upon. bodyOffer(23456) In 1755 he enlisted as an Able Seaman aboard the Eagle, and such was his ability as a sailor that he was quickly promoted to Masters Mate. In 1759, after being promoted once more to the rank of Master, James Cook set about charting the waters in and around Newfoundland, including the St. Lawrence River. He did this meticulously and unerringly for a period of eight years. To get an idea how accurate his charts were, consider that they were still being used in the early part of the twentieth century. It had been suggested that by measuring the transit of Venus (how long it took for Venus to pass over the sun, a rare occurrence), one could work out how far the earth was from the Sun. The aristocracy of England were eager to find this out, and so commissioned a voyage to the South Pacific to carry out this task. Captain James Cook was chosen to command the Endeavour, and he was also instructed to explore as much of the South Pacific along the way. He set off in 1768, discovering such places as Tahiti, New Zealand and Eastern Australia. Although the voyage was considered a success, the crew suffered a 43% fatality rate, mainly caused by disease. Cook took note of this and implemented a new diet, including as much fresh food as possible.
Captain Cook - Books On The Explorer
james cook,sailor, surveyor, cartographer, and explorer, was born in 1728 in Yorkshire. the Life and Voyages of james cook RN by John Robson Book
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Extractions: James Cook, sailor, surveyor, cartographer, and explorer, was born in 1728 in Yorkshire. In the course of his illustrious career, he sailed into every ocean and was one of the first, if not the first, British explorers to set foot on most of the world's major continents. He was also the first to cross both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Captain Cook's World is an atlas, chronology, and biography of the life and voyages of this celebrated explorer. A set of 128 specially drawn maps and accompanying text give a detailed overview of his life, including his early years in England, his time in the North Sea coal trade and with the Royal Navy in Canada, and his three great voyages around the world in HMB Endeavour and HMS Resolution. Included on the maps are locations visited, named, or surveyed by Cook; the routes of his voyages; and sites that have been marked in his honor, such as monuments.
Homework Center - Explorers
cook, james Captain james cook the Navigator http//www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7557/Learn about the famous eighteenthcentury explorer of the South Pacific
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MMBC Exploration: Explorer Biographies
Brief biographies and portraits of Europeans who explored the Northwest coast.Category Society History By Topic Exploration explorers Bering, a Danish explorer, was in the service of Russia when he discoveredthe Bering Strait and Sea in 1728. Captain james cook 17281779
http://mmbc.bc.ca/source/schoolnet/exploration/exbio.html

Extractions: Bering, a Danish explorer, was in the service of Russia when he discovered the Bering Strait and Sea in 1728. In 1741 he discovered Alaska and traded with the First Nations peoples, collecting large numbers of sea otter pelts which could be sold for very high prices in China. For this reason Russia established trading posts in Alaska. Alaska remained Russian territory until it was sold to the United States in 1867. View one of Bering's charts [51K] Cook's early training as an apprentice, seaman, and Master's Mate with a Whitby coal shipping company provided him with solid experience for assuming the responsibilities of captain in the merchant navy. However, in 1755 Cook chose to volunteer for the Royal Navy as an able seaman. Why he chose to take on a lower position and endure the poor conditions and low pay is not clear, but perhaps he preferred the opportunities the Royal Navy offered in the area of exploration. It is believed that Drake began his career with an apprenticeship at sea in coastal vessels. He later was involved in the slave trade and other 'unsavory' adventures. In 1577 he was employed by a syndicate headed by Queen Elizabeth I to make the first English circumnavigation of the world. Sailing in the Pelican, later renamed the Golden Hind, along with four other vessels, he completed this expedition in 1580. For his courageous voyage, Admiral Drake was made a knight. He was later appointed a Vice Admiral in the British navy and it was in this capacity that he is renowned for being instrumental in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

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