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A summary of the life and work of Captain James Cook.
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Captain James Cook, 1728-1779, was an explorer and navigator and captain in the Royal Navy, whose skills in mapping and discoveries of faraway lands changed geography in the 18th Century. He is the first known European to have landed in the Hawaiian Islands and on the east coast of Australia, and the first to circumnavigate (sail right around) New Zealand. Cook was an excellent surveyor and cartographer (someone who draws maps) and it was these skills which won him a place on his first…
Captain James Cook was an English navigator who provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. His voyages filled more of the world’s map than any other explorer in history. Click to see the fact file or downloading the comprehensive worksheet collection.
Before Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands and “put them on the map” for the nations of Europe, he was already a
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Great Britain 2018 - Captain Cook and Endeavour (03/10) - Captain James Cook
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Christchurch, New Zealand - Captain James Cook. Photo about attraction, construction, damage, architect, brick, building, aftershock, ancient, clock, aftermath, chimney - 17965839
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Peter Moore explores the background of Captain Cook's ship The Endeavour in a new history book. The ship built in 1764 carried the first Westerners to witness a Maori haka.
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