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James Cook
James Cook was a British explorer who achieved the first European contact with the Hawaiian Islands and the eastern coastline of Australia. He also holds the record for being the first person to circumnavigate New Zealand.
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What Character traits did James cook possess that helped achieve his goals?
He was an ambitious man who goals were to advance through the ranks of the NAVY. He wanted to become a commander and that is what he achieved. Captain Cook was successful because of his 1st voyage. He was a extremely great charter of the coasts of any country. His maps were used into the late 19th century. His was also resourceful which means he used what he could find (to fix his ships or to find nutritious foods for his crew.
Why don't maori and the aboriginal people like James Cook?
The Maori of New Zealand and the Australian Aborigines were both displaced by British colonisation of their countries - colonisation that was carried out as a result of Cook claiming both lands for England.
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Who discovered the Cook Islands?
The Polynesians first discovered the islands, but James Cook was the first known European to sight them, doing so in 1770.
What Family Did James Cook Leave?
When he died James Cook left his wife, Elizabeth and three children, three more had died very young.
James Cook was an officer of the British Navy, in charge of a ship on several major world voyages of discovery. He did what he had to do to navigate a ship through unknown waters and manage a crew of men a long way from home, for an extended period of time. It is almost inevitable that he would have had to administer disciplinary measures at times and make decisions based on Naval regulations and the requirements of the Admiralty. So, the answer is no, he was not a mean man, he was a competent and functional Naval Commander.
Where did captin cook land in 1769?
he landed in new zealand in 1769, then set off to explore Australia's eastern coast and found New South Wales. He named it new south wales because he thought it looked like wales in the UK and it was a new and southern land.
When was James Cook sent to Tahiti?
James Cook did not actually watch an eclipse of the sun. He was sent to observe the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti. The transit of Venus occurs when the planet Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, and its unlit side can be seen as a small black circle moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Venus occur in pairs, eight years apart, approximately once every 120 years. Cook's ship, the 'Endeavour', departed England, on 25 August 1768. Cook reached Tahiti in time for his crew and scientists to set up their instrumentation necessary to observe and report on the transit, which occurred on 3 June 1769.
How many brothers and sisters did James Cook have?
Siblings:
- John ... son born Sunday, October 27th, 1728
- Christina born 1731
- Mary (died in 1736)
- Jane born 1738 (died 1742)
- Mary (#2) born 1740
- Margaret born 1742
- William born 1745 (died 1748)
What year did Captain James Cook sail into Botany Bay?
James Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770.
At the time, Cook was still a Lieutenant, and not yet a Captain.
