James Cook - Wikipedia
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
What Australians often get wrong about Captain Cook
Apr 19, 2020 · With the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's voyage to Australia, it is time to brush up on the history of our nation's most famous naval explorer. He's the one that discovered Australia, right? No.
First voyage of James Cook - Wikipedia
The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three Pacific voyages of which James Cook was the commander.
Cook claims Australia - National Museum of Australia
Lieutenant James Cook, captain of HMB Endeavour, claimed the eastern portion of the Australian continent for the British Crown in 1770, naming it New South Wales. In his journal, he wrote: 'so far as we know [it] doth not produce any one thing that can become an Article in trade to invite Europeans to fix a settlement upon it'.
James Cook | Biography, Accomplishments, Ship, Voyage Route, …
Dec 27, 2024 · James Cook was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and 1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand.
James Cook - The Australian Museum
James Cook, one of the greatest navigators, explorers and cartographers of the Age of Enlightenment, had humble beginnings as a farm boy. Born on 27 October 1728 to a local Yorkshire lass and a Scottish immigrant labourer, Cook was a bright, hardworking student.
James Cook – man, mariner, myth or monster - The Australian …
2020 is being used to commemorate the “discovery” of Australia by Lieutenant (best known as Captain) James Cook. Aboriginal people engage with what this means for our history. By Dr Mariko Smith
James Cook: Biography, English Explorer, Charting of Oceania
Aug 2, 2023 · Who Was James Cook? James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour.
James Cook and his voyages - National Library of Australia
Cook, now a captain, led the Resolution and Adventure to confirm the existence of the Great Southern Continent. The ships explored the southern Indian Ocean, New Zealand, the Pacific islands, and the Antarctic Circle, reaching 71°10’S.
James Cook - State Library of New South Wales
Jan 25, 2016 · Captain Cook’s voyages of exploration Terra Australis Incognita – the unknown southern land. The existence (or not) of this mysterious, mythical place had been puzzled over since it was first hypothesised by the ancient Greeks and Romans.