Apart from the usual ship's crew, Captain Cook also had the botanist Sir Joseph Banks with him. Banks classified and named many new species of plants in Australia and New Zealand, and the unique Australian species known as the banksia is named after him. The Swedish botanist Daniel Solander and Finnish scientist Dr. Herman Spöring also travelled with Cook, being employed by Joseph Banks.
At Tahiti, Cook was also joined on his voyage by a Tahitian chief named Tupaia, who wanted to travel, together with his boy-servant Tayeto.
On James Cook's first voyage, apart from the usual ship's crew, Captain Cook also had the botanist Sir Joseph Banks with him. Banks classified and named many new species of plants in Australia and New Zealand, and the unique Australian species known as the banksia is named after him. The Swedish botanist Daniel Solander and Finnish scientist Dr. Herman Spöring also travelled with Cook, being employed by Joseph Banks.
At Tahiti, Cook was also joined on his voyage by a Tahitian chief named Tupaia, who wanted to travel, together with his boy-servant Tayeto.
Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Society to travel to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the transit of Venus across the Sun.
No one went with James cook on his journey. But, himself
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Who did James Cook encounter?
James Cook's first voyage was from 1768 to 1771.
When James Cook embarked on his first voyage of exploration in 1769, his rank was First Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain in 1776.
The transit of Venus
yes the navy did
Captain James Cook died in 1779 on his third voyage.
James Cook's first voyage was from 1768 to 1771.
James cook returned to England from his first voyage, July 29, 1775
James Cook (not yet a captain) commanded the HMS Bark Endeavour on his first voyage.
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James Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand on his first voyage, the one in which he commanded the Endeavour.
Captain Cook explored Australia and Tahiti.
James Cook's second voyage lasted from 1772 to 1775.
When James Cook embarked on his first voyage of exploration in 1769, his rank was First Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain in 1776.
It ended in Plymouth in England
The transit of Venus
That was Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
No, James Cook was not even born in 1449. Cook's first voyage set sail on 26 August 1768.