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.
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; 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 Pacific Ocean, the Antarctic, the Arctic, and around the world.
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James Cook; British Navigator and Explorer, 1728 - 1779 ... James Cook was born on October 27, 1728 in Marton, (near modern Middlesborough), Yorkshire, Britain. Cook commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain, and sailed around the world twice. He was the first British ship commander to circumnavigate the globe...
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Captain James Cook , FRS RN (7 November [ O.S. 27 October ] 1728 – 14 February 1779), was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Roya...
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A biography of Captain James Cook, the British explorer, as well as pictures, images, portraits, links, a family tree and news of events related with him today. ... Captain James Cook: "The World's Explorer"; |Original Biography by Nate Kerl | Portraits and Images | ; | Sources and Links | Family Tree | Latest Cook...
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Portrait of Captain James Cook, RN; Image Select/Art Resource, NY; The most accomplished and widely traveled of all Pacific explorers, Captain James Cook made three voyages to the Pacific in 1768–71, 1772–75, and 1776–80. The object of Cook's voyages was scientific. ... James Cook, 1728-79, English explorer...
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Captain James Cook faced a variety of hardships on his journeys, particularly his first major voyage to New Zealand and Australia's east coast. Whilst in Tahiti, Cook's crew had difficulties with native stealing items from a fort he constru...
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During a confused skirmish on the beach in Kealakekua Bay on the 14 February, 1779, James Cook, the greatest explorer of his age, and possibly of all time, was clubbed to death. The crew returned to England without him in August, 1780.
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Few people have ever seen the places the past explorer, James Cook, has ventured. Cook sailed around to far reaches of the world reaching all seven continents during his lifetime. He traveled on three very lengthy journeys with two different sailing ships, encountering hardship and triumph along the way.
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