Was James Cook a sailor

Answer 1

yes he traveled with a crew of about 80 and a team of 11 scientists, including: Charles Green, Assistant to the Astronomer Royal, and Sir Joseph Banks, a young man of the Royal Geographic Society who supplied numerous scientific instruments of his own.

Answer 2

Yes. Zachary Hicks 2nd Lieutenant John Gore 3rd Lieutenant Robert Molyneaux Master of the ship Richard Pickersgill Master's Mate Charles Clerke Master's Mate Francis Wilkinson A.B. (Able Bodied seaman) / Master's Mate John Bootie Midshipman Jonathan Munkhouse Midshipman Patrick Saunders Midshipman Isaac Smith A.B. William Harvey 1st Lieutenant's servant / A.B. James Maria Magra A.B. Isaac Manley Master's servant William Monkhouse Surgeon William Perry Surgeon's Mate Richard Orton Clerk Stephen Forwood Gunner John Gathray Boatswain John Satterly Carpenter John Thompson Cook Alex Weir A.B. / Quartermaster Samuel Evans Quartermaster / Boatswain Thomas Hardman Carpenter's Mate John Reading Boatswain's Mate / Yeoman, Sheets Benjamin Jordon A.B. / Carpenter's Mate John Ravenhill Sailmaker George Nowell A.B. / Carpenter's Crew Isaac Parker A.B. / Boatswain's Mate Robert Anderson Quartermaster James Gray A.B. Robert Taylor Armourer Richard Hutchins A.B. / Boatswain's Mate Josiah Childs A.B. Captain's Cook Peter Flower A.B. Timothy Reardon A.B. / Boatswain's Mate Isaac Johnson A.B. / Cooper John Ramsay A.B. William Dawson A.B. Francis Haite A.B. / Carpenter's Crew Samuel Jones A.B. Forby Sutherland A.B. / Poulterer James Nicolson A.B. Thomas Simmonds A.B. Richard Hughes A.B. / Carpenter's Mate Sam Moody A.B. / Carpenter's Crew Isaac Johnson A.B. / Cooper Robert Stainsby A.B. William Collett A.B. / Barber Archibald Wolfe A.B. / Tailor Matthew Cox A.B. Charles Williams A.B. Alexander Simpson A.B. Thomas Knight A.B. / Lieutenant's Cook Henry Stephens A.B. Thomas (2nd) Jones A.B. Anthonio Ponto A.B. John Dozey A.B. James Tunley A.B. Michael Littleboy A.B. John Goodjohn A.B. / Cooper's Mate John Woodworth A.B. William Peckover A.B. Richard Littleboy A.B. Manoel Pereira A.B. Henry Jeffs A.B. / Butcher William Howson Capt. Cook's servant Nathaniel Morey 2nd Lieutenant's servant Thomas (1st) Jones Surgeon's servant Edward Terrell A.B. / Carpenter's servant Thomas Jordon A.B. / Boatswain's servant Thomas Mathews Cook's servant Daniel Roberts Gunner's servant John Thurmund A.B. / Sailmaker's Mate

Answer 3

over 400 enrolled but only about 100 actually joined

Answer 4

Yes. James Cook was a sailor and a naval captain.