CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Early Explorers
NAME OF EXPLORERDESCRIPTION
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK  He 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…
NAMEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE/COUNTRY
BIRTHPLACESTEWART PARK MARTONMIDDLEBROUGHENGLAND
MUSEUMCAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL MUSEUMWHITBYNORTH YORKSHIRE
MUSEUMJAMES COOK COLLECTION: AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
SYDNEYNEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA
DEATHPLACEMARKERKEALAKEKUA BAYHAWAII
BURIALChancel of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge
 
CAMBRIDGEENGLAND
MONUMENTJAMES COOK MONUMENTKEALAKEKUA BAYHAWAII
STATUECAPTAIN JAMES COOKWAIMEAHAWAII
INTERESTING FACTJames Cook was a British explorer who is most notable for finding the east coast of Australia, finding the Hawaiian Islands and the first mapping of Newfoundland and New ZealandN/AN/A