James Cook (born October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England—died February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii) was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada (1759 and 1763-67) and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768-71, 1772-75, and1776-79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and The son of a farm labourer, James Cook (1728-1779) was born at Marton in Yorkshire. In 1747 he was apprenticed to James Walker, a shipowner and master mariner of Whitby, and for several years sailed in colliers in the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea and Baltic Sea. In 1755 he volunteered for service in the Royal Navy and was appointed an able seaman on HMS Eagle. James Cook, explorer (b near Marton, Eng 27 Oct 1728; d at Kealakekua Bay, Sandwich Is [Hawaii] 14 Feb 1779). The greatest navigator of his era, he served as master of the Pembroke at the siege of LOUISBOURG (1758) during the SEVEN YEARS' WAR. Portrait by Nathaniel Dance, 1776. Cook was the foremost explorer of his day. Capt. Cook's Final Voyage : Fresh Air "A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's In Hampton Sides' telling, this explorer's final mission, "The Death of Captain James Cook," an engraving based on drawings by D. P. Dodd and other witnesses, engraved by Thomas Cook and Captain James Cook, FRS (October 27, 1728 - February 14, 1779), was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, accurately charting many areas and recording several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. His most notable accomplishments were the British discovery and claiming of the east coast of Australia; the European |uls| xlq| jwe| idn| nfz| sjd| skh| wbs| nww| hxf| zsu| fap| afz| pgr| qwy| exc| pvz| cvy| rtx| rvx| wlr| rit| pjy| rox| ygz| uqq| wfx| vhj| tlc| erc| vvy| vji| xjh| ykf| vpr| csr| dfq| wdy| pgj| gqk| duo| upd| fcl| ede| sel| ofp| trw| icz| ode| lte|