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 voyages of which James Cook was the commander.

James Cook’s first voyage circumnavigated the globe in the ship Endeavour, giving the botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander the opportunity to collect plants from previously unexplored habitats.

5 days ago · 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. How did James Cook die?

Nov 30, 1996 · Cook goes to report to the Admiralty, and returns to his home at Mile End. Commences Reports to Admiralty and Royal Society. Aug. 11: Sun. Receives news of his promotion to Commander from Banks and the Earl of Sandwich. 14: Wed. Cook is presented by Sandwich to King George III at St. James’s. Palace and receives his Commission, personally ...

First decorative map to show Cook’s tracks in the Pacific, recording the discoveries he made in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the South Pacific during the Endeavour voyage. Also noted are the tracks of Philip Carteret, John Byron, and Samuel Wallis.

Jun 14, 2016 · James Cook was a skilled English explorer credited with charting the coasts of New Zealand and Australia, and discovering Hawaii, among other achievements. Cook was employed continuously in the British Navy and his pay was enough to set up a modest home for his wife and children in the Mile End Road in London.

James Cook's First Voyage The royal navy research vessel the Endeavour allowed for one of the most celebrated voyages in history, in which Captain James Cook was credited for discovery of New Zealand and Australia (Finnis, 109).

Jun 27, 2024 · Starting the Journey. In 1768, when the Royal Society was organising the first scientific expedition to the Pacific, James Cook was appointed as the commander of the HMS Endeavour. Captain Cook was only 40 at that time and he was to guide the ship towards Tahiti to view the Transit of Venus.

Jun 24, 2024 · Captain James Cook was a world explorer well-known for mapping the east coast of Australia. Captain James Cook was born in Yorkshire, England in 1728, the 27th of October. He grew up poor with his father as a farm labourer. At the age of 18 instead of following his father's footsteps, he joined the merchant navy.

Jun 27, 2024 · Below is a map of Captain Cook's first journey, on The Endeavour. Captain James Cook was born in Maron-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, on October 27th, 1728. His mother, Grace Pace, born in Thornaby, England, and his father, James Cook, a Scottish migrant, had 8 children, but only James and his sisters, Margaret and Christiana, survived into adulthood.