Information about captain cook

Answer 1

He died on Valentines day

He had no great ambitions

He was the son of a farm labourer

He was killed in Hawaii

He travelled the Pacific ocean

Answer 2

James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain, circumnavigated the islands of New Zealand, and was the first European explorer to discover the Hawaiian islands. He did not discover Australia or New Zealand.

Cook called Hawaii the "Sandwich Islands."

Answer 3

Despite popular opinion, Captain Cook neither discovered nor named Australia. Cook was the first European to sight Australia's eastern coast, in April 1770. Claiming the continent for England, Cook sailed up the coast, charting and naming points of interest as he went. His positive report to England was enough to convince the authorities that it was worth colonising the continent - and so the history of white settlement in Australia began.

Some further information about James Cook:

• On his first journey, departing in 1768, he commanded the 'Endeavour' on an expedition to chart the transit of Venus. Cook went on to search for Terra Australis Incognita, the great continent which some believed to extend round the pole. He first came across New Zealand, which had already been discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642. He spent some months there, charting the coastline.
• Nearly a year later, he set sail east, becoming the first known European to sight the Eastern coast of Australia, in April 1770. He continued north, charting the coast in some detail, before returning a favourable report to England. It was this report and recommendation which convinced the authorities to colonise the Australian continent with convicts. It was also on this journey that Cook claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British empire.
• On Cook's second journey which lasted from 1772-1775, he commanded the 'Resolution' and the 'Adventure' on an expedition to the South Pacific, disproving the rumour of a great southern continent, exploring the Antarctic Ocean, New Hebrides and New Caledonia.
• On his third journey, commencing in 1776, Cook visited and named the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, and unsuccessfully sought a northwest passage along the coast of North America. On his way back to England, he stopped at Hawaii again. After a boat was stolen by natives, he and his crew had an altercation with the Hawaiians. On 14 February 1779, Cook was speared by Hawaiian natives.
• Because his death in Hawaii was at the end of a brilliant career he became a part of the lore and legend of British seamanship. Cook had worked his way up from ordinary merchant seaman to Royal Navy Master and Commander, had proven that Australia was a continent, circumnavigated New Zealand, mapped Newfoundland and searched for the Northwest Passage. He had earned his reputation.

Answer 4

Captain James Cook is believed to be the first European to have reached Australia. He also sailed to the Hawaiian Islands.

Answer 5

Captain James Cook was a captain for the royal navy and made many maps of Newfoundland. He was born in Marton in 1728. He was also an avid explorer.

Answer 6

Well, Cook Was killed by native hawaiins he was speared

came from a poor family

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