yes he was.
Hervey Bay, on Queensland's Fraser Coast, was originally named Hervey's Bay by James Cook in 1770. Cook named it after Lord Augustus John Hervey, a sailor and the Earl of Bristol, who was essentially James Cook's boss.
An experienced sailor is called a salt.
It is said that Matthew Flinders was inspired tobecome a sailor by the thought of adventure after reading the novel "Robinson Crusoe". He was also inspired by the journals of Captain James Cook.
His skill as a sailor and navigator were considerable
no
James Smith - sailor - died in 1982.
James Smith - sailor - was born in 1909.
James Wilkinson - sailor - was born in 1951.
On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
That sailor standing on the bridge is the most experienced of all of the crew on board.
The cast of The Sailor - 1921 includes: Clyde Cook
The cast of A Deep Sea Panic - 1924 includes: Bobby Burns as The Cook Mildred June as A Stowaway Hilliard Karr as Sailor Jerry Mandy as Sailor James Parrott as A Shanghaied Sailor Kalla Pasha as The Captain