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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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www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm
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James Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
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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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www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cook.shtml
www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cook.shtml
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Lucidcafé's Profile of Captain James Cook ... 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 in a lone ship.
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www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jcook.html
www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jcook.html
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A Society for everyone interested in James Cook (1729-1778) ... Membership is open to anyone interested in Captain James Cook, whether professionally or as a hobby.
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www.captaincooksociety.com/
www.captaincooksociety.com/
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The following sites have lots of different pieces of information on James Cook, and can be found at several places on this page: ... Captain James Cook, The World's Explorer - Nathan Kerl...
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www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cook.html
www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cook.html
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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. ... This site was created to honor the British captain, James Cook (1728-1779). He traveled from his homeland of Great Britain to lands where few had gone...
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www.cptcook.com/
www.cptcook.com/
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