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What was captain James cook first sailing job?

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He was assigned to a collier and various other Coasters sailing between the River Tyne and London. He was a Merchand Navy apprentice and on completion of his apprenticeship served on trading ships to and from the Baltic Sea

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Cook's first assignment was aboard the collier (coal freighter) Freelove, and he spent several years on this and various other coasters, sailing between the Tyne and London.

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