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James Cook's first job

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

James Cook was the son of a farm labourer, but did not work on the farm. He was apprenticed in a grocer/haberdashery when he was 16. Lack of aptitude in the trade led his employer to introduce Cook to local shipowners, who took him on as a merchant navy apprentice when he was 17.

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