Captain James Cook was born in Marton, Yorkshire on the 7th of November, 1728, to a Scottish farm labourer, James Cook, and his English wife, Grace Pace. Including Captain James Cook, there were five children from the marriage.
If I understand your question right john cook healed scurvy and he did it with sour kruat. His name was James Cook and the food is spelled sauerkraut.
If I understand your question right john cook healed scurvy and he did it with sour kruat. His name was James Cook and the food is spelled sauerkraut.
Not even close. Edward John Eyre was a young explorer who, in 1840-41, made the first crossing from the east to the west of Australia. Captain James Cook died in 1779, long before Eyre was born.
The odd one out is Bob Hawke. James Cook, Matthew Flinders and Edward John Eyre were all men who explored parts of Australia between 1770 and 1841. Bob Hawke was an Australian Prime Minister during the 1980s.
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John Forrest didn't discover Australia. (Nor did Captain Cook, a commonly believed myth.) John Forrest was an Australian explorer from Western Australia. He also became the first Premier of Western Australia. For details on who actually discovered Australia, see the related question.
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There have been many. Sir Francis Drake, James Cook, Richard F. Burton, John Cabot, and Mathew Flinders are a few.
Hawaii was originally named the Sandwich Islands after one of Captain James Cook's sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer.
Captain James Cook probably used a compass, sextant, watch, etc.
Captain James Cook, a British explorer, named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was a sponsor of Cook's voyages. The islands are now known as Hawaii.