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Captain James Cook: Great Explorer of the Seas

Learn about Captain James Cook, the British explorer, navigator, and cartographer who discovered new lands and expanded geographical knowledge through his voyages across the Pacific Ocean.

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Captain James Cook: Great Explorer of the Seas

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  1. GREAT EXPLORERS James Cook

  2. BASIC INFORMATION • NAME: Captain James Cook • BORN:7. NOVEMBER 1728, ENGLAND • DIED:14. FEBRUARY 1779, HAVAJI • NATIONALITY: BRITISH • FAMILY: • WifeElizabeth Batts • Children: James Cook, Nathaniel Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Joseph Cook, George Cook, Hugh Cook James Cook wasanexplorer, navigator andcartographer

  3. Young Cook • He was the second of the eight children of James Cook • In Whitby, he was taken as a Merchant navy apprentice • After a few years he thought that his career would advance faster if he would join military service • Betwen Seven years war he drew lots of maps • Admiralty and Royal Society made him a commander of HM Bark Endeavour

  4. 1. voyage • In 1766 Cook traveled to Pacific Ocean to observeandrecordtransitofVenusoversun • TRAVEL PATH: • ENGLAND (STARTED 1766) • AROUND CAPE HORN (ACROSS THE PACIFIC) • TAHITI (COMPLETE HIS JOB) • AUSTRALIA • GREAT BARRIER REEF (THEY RAN AGROUND) • ENGLAND (ENDED 1771)

  5. 2. voyage • In 1722 Cook againpassedthePacificsearch for the hypothetical TerraAustralis • Cook commanded on HMS Resolutiomand Tobias Furneauxcommanded on itscompanionship, HMS Advanture • TRAVEL PATH: • Arcticcircle • Hediscovered Clark RocksandtheSouthSandwich islands • Cook almost encountered the mainland ofAntarctita • Tahiti • Friendlyislands • Easterisland • Norfolk island • New Caldonia, Vanuatu

  6. 3. voyage • Cook againcommended on HMS Resolutiomandcaptain Charles Clerkcommended on HMS Discovery • Cook had to returnOmai to Tahiti, butthemainreasonwas to discoverNorthwetspassage • AfterhereturnedOmai, hewasthefirstEuropean on the Hawaiianisland (Sandwichislands) THEN HE WENT TO: • NorthAmerica to explorethecoast • Yuquot (tradewithnatives) • Bering Strait (Cook Intlet) • Hereturned to Hawaii 1779 wherehewaskilledbynatives

  7. Legacy • James Cook lots of new islands and a continent, Australia • In England, there are lot of statues and schools and even a university

  8. Resources • Wikipedia • Velika ilustrirana enciklopedija ZGODOVINA • RESNIČNE PUSTOLOVŠČINE: Raziskovalci in odkritja

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