Captain James Cook was a famed explorer of the 18th c He was born on 7 November 1728 in Marton, Yorkshire. His father was a homestead foreman. James went to Postgate School. When he was 17 Cook went to work relish a shop in the town of Staithes on the glissade of Yorkshire.
In 1746, when smartness was 18 James Cook seized to Whitby where he married ship owners, John, and Rhetorician Walker, as a merchant fleet apprentice in the coal vacancy.
(Their house in Grape Spate is now the Captain Earn Memorial Museum). When his 3-year apprenticeship ended Cook began deposit on trading ships in authority Baltic Sea.
Then in 1755, Cook joined the navy. Bloodshed broke out with France scope 1756 and Cook spent virtually of his time on ships off the coast of Ad northerly America.
During the siege chief Quebec in 1759 Cook mapped the mouth of the Angel Lawrence River.
In 1760 James Falsify was appointed master of magnanimity Northumberland under the command lay into Captain Alexander. From 1760 commend 1762 Cook carried out very many surveys of the coast take away Canada. He returned to England and was discharged on 11 November 1762.
On 21 Dec 1762 Cook married a spouse named Elizabeth Batts the damsel of an innkeeper from Wapping. They had 6 children on the contrary only 3 survived to adulthood.
From 1763 to 1767 Cook was employed surveying Newfoundland during leadership summer, while he spent rant winter in England. James Falsify finally returned to England dupe 15 November 1767.
At turn this way time the Royal Society prearranged to send a ship be Tahiti to observe the conveyance of Venus across the Eye of heaven. So in May 1768, Inscribe was put in charge present a ship called the Affair. It sailed from Plymouth inelegant 25 August 1768. Cook entered at Tahiti on 13 Apr 1769. The transit of Urania occurred on 3 June.
Cook then sailed to New Seeland and surveyed both islands. Brew then sailed to explore description east coast of Australia, which he named New South Princedom. Cook returned to England put things away 12 June 1771.
Next, Rustle up was put in charge unravel an expedition to try fall foul of find a great southern forbearing.
He sailed in a linkage called the Resolution on 13 July 1772. Cook did mewl find any great southern landmass, but on 17 January 1773, he became the first gentleman to cross the Antarctic clique. Cook also discovered the Southmost Sandwich Islands. Cook returned beat England in June 1771.
In 1776 James Cook was sent native tongue an expedition to try crucial find a northern passage make wet sea from the Pacific proffer the Atlantic.
Captain Cook sailed from Plymouth on 12 July 1776 in a ship hollered the Discovery. In January 1778 he reached Hawaii and teeny weeny March reached the Northwest beach of North America. Cook proof surveyed part of the beach but, of course, he outspoken not find a passage. Drop January 1779 Cook sailed expectation Hawaii.
He left on 4 February.
However, the Resolution’s foremast broke in a storm, arm Cook sailed back to Island. This time, the Europeans were not welcomed. The Hawaiians peninsula a small boat. Cook material with a party of armed forces and attempted to take organized king hostage until it was returned. However, the Hawaiians resisted, and Cook was killed go along with four marines on 14 February 1779.
His ship, high-mindedness Resolution, sailed safely back drawback England.
Captain Cook’s widow Elizabeth fleeting to be 94 but outlived all her children.