Captain Cook: The gravity of the dangers faced by Captain Cook on his historic voyage on the seas
James Cook’s first voyage of exploration which saw him become the first European to lay eyes on Australia took nearly three ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
Cook captained the HMS Resolution on a voyage to find land mass in the southern seas, sailing alongside Captain Charles Clerke on the HMS Discovery. Cook was accompanied by the naturalists Johann ...
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Shells collected on Captain Cook’s final voyage rescued from skip
Shells collected by Captain Cook’s crew were “miraculously” saved ... as armourer under Cook during his third voyage on HMS Resolution. Another shell is that of the giant clam and the ...
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South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook
On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the ...
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Episode 87 - Hawaiian feather helmet
In 1778 the explorer Captain James Cook was in the Pacific, on board 'HMS Resolution', looking for the North West Passage, hoping to find a sea-route over the north of Canada that would connect ...
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The greatness of Captain Cook
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum faces closure ... In 1971, silver oak taken from his final ship, the HMS Resolution, would be brought to the moon by Apollo 15. The whole tale is ably told ...
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South Georgia flag flies in London to celebrate Possession Day
English explorer captain James Cook aboard HMS Resolution named the Island 'Isle of Georgia' in honor of the then Monarch, King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bay where Cook ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 87 - Hawaiian feather helmet
In 1778 the explorer Captain James Cook was in the Pacific, on board 'HMS Resolution', looking for the North West Passage, hoping to find a sea-route over the north of Canada that would connect ...