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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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Was captain cook from Tudor times?

No he started in the late 1700s well past the Tudor era.

Where did the Royal Society send Captain Cook?

The Royal Society sent James Cook on a mission to chart the transit of Venus at Tahiti.

Was Captain Cook the first settler?

James Cook was not one of the first settlers in Australia. He died nine years before the First Fleet came to Australia.

How did the hawaiian island get green?

i think the hawaiiisland islands got green by the wind currents, flying in seeds to the islands, and also, people brought plants to eat.

What did Captain James Cook traded with the Hawaiians?

Captain James Cook traded useless tools or supplies like cottons, stockings, etc. to the Hawaiians.

For what country did James Cook sail or search?

James Cook was on a secret mission to find the Great Southern Land which was believed to exist south of the equator. Australia was already known, but it was believed that another great land must exist in the southern hemisphere. As it was, Cook only clarified the position and size of Australia. He did not discover Australia - that had already been discovered by the Portuguese and Dutch sailors - but he did chart Australia's eastern coast.

Name three early European explorers and tell where they explored?

James cook -Australia Henry Hudson- Hudson strait and Hudson bay

vikings- north America

Who was the captain of the HMS Alexander?

If the question means HMS Adventure that accompanied Cook's HMS Resolution on his second voyage, then Tobias Furneaux was the Captain.

If the question is in regard to the Alexander, one of the transport ships of the First Fleet, it was skippered by Master Duncan Sinclair.

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Where did Captain Cook's ship sink?

James Cook's ship Endeavour did not sink, but was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef off far north Queensland near where the town of Cooktown is today. It was brought in to what is now the Endeavour River for repairs, which took around six weeks.

Why was Captain Cook given all the credit for discovering Australia?

James Cook, who was not even a captain when he charted Australia's eastern coast, was given the credit (incorrectly) for discovering Australia because it was upon his recommendation that Australia was actually settled by the British. Cook charted the eastern coast of Australia, and he was the one who claimed it in the name of Great Britain in 1770, calling it New South Wales. He charted the east coast between April and August of that year. For these reasons, Cook is often wrongly credited with discovering Australia.

There were several Dutch and French explorers who landed on Australia's shores long before Cook even set sail, and Cook was not even the first Englishman to sight Australia, with that honour going to William Dampier. The Dutch did not make any formal claim to the continent, and the French claim was not substantiated. Because Australia had been settled by the British, and there was a continuing loyalty to the British, for years Australian schoolchildren were taught that Captain Cook discovered Australia.

Why is Saskatchewan called Canada's bread basket?

The economy of the Province is based on agriculture which together with fishing and hunting amounts to nearly 7% if it's income. As a result Saskatchewan grows 45% of Canada's grain. It is a prairie province and is ideally suited to this kind of agricultural development

Was Captain Cook finding Australia a good thing?

For the British, yes. For the aboriginals, not so much.

Did Captain James Cook have a child with a Polynesian woman?

This is something that may never be definitively known.

In 1778, Captain James Cook and his crew were greeted with much warmth by the generous Polynesian people, and women were readily provided to the members of Cook's crew. Whether or not Cook himself took advantage of this particular hospitality is unknown.

What are facts about about James Cook?

  • James Cook was the son of a farm labourer, and held no great ambitions: he was apprenticed in a grocer/haberdashery when he was 16.
  • Cook charted the east coast of Australia - then known as New Holland - and claimed it for Great Britain under the name of New South Wales.
  • When Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle in 1774, it was the farthest south and closest to the South Pole that any known person had ever been.
  • James Cook died on Valentines Day, speared by Hawaiian natives.
  • James cook had 6 children but 2 died. His wife outlived all of their children.

Who killed Captain James Cook?

In 1776, Captain James Cook visited and named the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, and unsuccessfully sought a northwest passage along the coast of North America. Returning from this journey, he stopped at Hawaii again. After a boat was stolen by natives, he and his crew had an altercation with the Hawaiians. On 14 February 1779, Cook was speared and killed by Hawaiian natives (some reports say he was clubbed to death).

There are reports that he was cannibalised, but cannibalism was not actively practised in Hawaii at this time. It seems his body was prepared in an unusual ritual, which may have seemed like cannibalism to those of his crew who witnessed it. Because he had originally been regarded as a god by the natives, his heart was divided between tribal chiefs and eaten. his hands were stuffed with salt to preserve them, whilst many of his bones were placed around the island, given to other significant tribal chiefs. His remains were then returned to his crew in dignified fashion, with a cloak of white and black feathers, where they were placed in a small coffin and buried at sea.

Did Captain Cook bring disease to Australia?

Captain James Cook did not bring disease to Australia. However, when Europeans settled here permanently, some 18 years after Cook claimed the eastern half of the continent, they certainly brought previously unknown diseases to Australia.

What do Captain Cook and the transit of Venus have in common?

James Cook's original mission was to observe the transit of Venus from the vantage point of Tahiti.