James Cook was born on 7 November 1728 [a] in the village of Marton, located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from the sea. [2] He was the second of eight children of James Cook, a Scottish farm labourer from Ednam in Roxburghshire, and his wife, Grace Pace, from Thornaby-on-Tees. [3] In 1736, his family moved to Airey Holme farm at Great Ayton, where his father ...
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James Cook led the first expedition of sailors known to cross the Antarctic Circle and disproved the existence of the legendary "Southern Continent".
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James Cook, known as Captain Cook, (born Oct. 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Feb. 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii), British sailor and explorer. He joined the Royal Navy (1755) and in 1763–67 surveyed the St. Lawrence River and the coast of Newfoundland. In 1768 he was appointed commander of the first scientific expedition to the Pacific. Sailing on the HMS Endeavour ...
James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Captain James Cook, FRS (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) [1] was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer. He sailed through the Pacific Ocean three times, mapped many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He was the first British sailor to ...