James Cook explored much of the Pacific Ocean, and became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, already inhabited by Polynesians. Click on the world map to view an example of the explorer’s voyage. How to Use the Map.

The map shows the three voyages of Captain James Cook. The first voyage is in red, the second voyage is in green and the third voyage is in blue. Following Cook’s death, the route his crew took is in the blue dashed line.

Map shows the exploration routes of Captain James Cook through 1780; six continents [Australia as New Holland], political boundaries, and major cities; Arctic portion of North America and some South Pacific coastlines as vague or incomplete; notes in Antarctic vicinity.

This map of the world shows the route of James Cook's three voyages of exploration (1768-80), as well as the ships RACEHORSE and CARCASS which in 1773 under Constantin …

Print of James Cook, famous circumnavigator who explored and mapped the Pacific Ocean. The Mariners' Museum 1938.0345.000001. Captain James Cook is known for his extensive voyages that took him throughout the Pacific. He mapped several island groups in the Pacific that had been previously discovered by other explorers.

Jan 25, 2016 · Maps from Cook’s first voyage were first published in 1773, and the east coast of New South Wales was first shown on Dunn’s world map published later in November 1772. The chart was intended for Banks’ use on his next voyage of exploration with Cook.

Manuscript Maps of Captain James Cook The renowned English explorer, James Cook (1728-1779), commanded three voyages of discovery focusing on the Pacific Ocean, between 1768 and his death in Hawaii in 1779.

As recorded by James Cook in A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. The Google map marks the voyage route plotted from coordinates recorded in Captain Cook's account of his second voyage from 1772-1775.

Apr 21, 2022 · This map from 1800 shows the routes taken by James Cook when he visited New Zealand in 1769–70, 1773 and 1777. The main image shows a detail; click on the thumbnail to see the full map.

Jun 2, 2019 · Leiden University Libraries has some very fine maps of the travels of James Cook in their collections. James Cook is now immortalized as one of the most distinguished European explorers of all time, closely connected with the (British) colonization of New-Zealand and Australia, and his grisly death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.