Yes, there are actually several landmarks that have been named after Captain James Cook. A couple examples would be James Cook University in Townsville, and the Cook Strait, which lies between the North and South islands of New Zealand.
In April 1770, Captain James Cook named botany Bay. He initially named it Stingray Bay, after the large numbers of stingray he noted. The name was later changed to Botany Bay due to the vast numbers of new and unique botanical specimens noted by the ship's botanists, including Joseph Banks. Cook named Cape Solander and Cape Banks after Banks and Finnish botanist Daniel Solander. On 17 May 1770, he sighted and named the Glass House Mountains, which lie in what is now Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland. He named the series of volcanic plugs Glass House because they reminded him of Yorkshire's glass furnace chimneys. On 7 June 1770, four days after sighting the Whitsunday Passage off Queensland's coast, Captain James Cook sighted and named Palm Island. The island was named after the many cabbage tree palms growing there. Cook also named places in New Zealand. Among them is Kidnapper's Bay. On 15 October 1769, as the Endeavour was off the coast of the North Island, a group of MÄori in a canoe came alongside the Endeavour, and negotiated a trade of fresh fish. Tayeto was the servant boy of a Tahitian chief named Tupaia, who wanted to travel with Cook. As Tayeto made his way to the canoe to accept the fish, he was grabbed by the MÄori, who paddled off at top speed with the servant boy. Cook's crew fired on the canoe, killing one MÄori. Tayeto leapt overboard and was picked up by the Endeavour. Because of this event, Cook named the area Kidnapper's Bay.
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after his father James Cook
James Cook died in Hawaii in February 1779.
James Cook was a famous explorer from Britain. It is unknown if he had any personal pets of his own.
Captain James Cook was born in Marton, Yorkshire on the 7th of November, 1728, to a Scottish farm labourer, James Cook, and his English wife, Grace Pace. Including Captain James Cook, there were five children from the marriage.
There does not seem to be any record of Captain James Cook having a pet on board his ship. When still a Lieutenant, and on his first expedition, he took a goat for the purpose of providing fresh milk.
James Cook did not conquer any land. He circumnavigated New Zealand and landed on Australia's eastern coast, claiming both countries for England, but he neither discovered nor conquered these two lands.
Yes. A list of places that James Cook named in Australia can be found at the related link below.
James Cook did not name any cities, although the north Queensland town of Cooktown was named after him, after a small, temporary settlement developed where his crew had to repair the Endeavour. Cook named geographical features rather than populated centres.
James Cook did not catch any notable diseases.
No. James Cook was not accompanied by any family members.
James Cook died in Hawaii in February 1779.
Yes. James Cook and his wife Elizabeth Batts had six children.
James Cook was a famous explorer from Britain. It is unknown if he had any personal pets of his own.
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He had a bathroom named after him.
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