Did Captain Cook name Christmas Island?

Answer 1

After having been initially named by him the Hervey Islands, they eventually became to be known as islands originally charted by him, in other words, the Cook Islands, at least in part due to being labeled that way on Russian charts as early as the 1820's.

Answer 2

Yes. Cooktown in far north Queensland was named after James Cook (not a captain at at stage, but still a Lieutenant). Cooktown is near where James Cook and his crew had to bring the Endeavour into harbour to effect repairs after the ship was damaged on the Great Barrier Reef.

Answer 3

The Cook Islands were indeed named after James Cook. However, there are many different small individual islands known as Cook Island. Most of these are likely to also be named after James Cook, but there may be others named after local identities with the name of Cook.

Answer 4

Yes they are, as Cook visited them in 1773.

Answer 5

The Cook Islands are named after English sea explorer James Cook. He did not discover them, but he visited te islands in 1773.

Answer 6

No. Christmas Island was named by Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company ship, the Royal Mary, when he arrived on Christmas Day, in December of 1643.