Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

HMS Endeavour[b] was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.

6 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.

Jan 25, 2022 · Cook’s landing paved the way for the first European settlements in Australia and the establishment of Britain’s infamous penal colonies there. To make it to Australia, Cook needed a strong, sturdy and reliable ship. Here are 6 facts …

Jump aboard and explore the life-sized replica of the HMB Endeavour in this virtual tour. Explore the sailing equipment on the upper decks or go below deck to see how the crew slept, ate and kept themselves amused during the voyage.

Nov 30, 1996 · The First Voyage (1768-1771) All dates are as written in Cook’s Journal and are, therefore, in Ship’s time. Note regarding proper names and names of places Cook visited on this and subsequent journeys. Names have often changed since Cook’s explorations.

Sailing across uncharted seas in October 1769, James Cook offered a reward of rum to the man who first sighted land, and promised that ‘that part of the coast of the said land should be named after him’. The sighting was made by the surgeon’s boy, 12-year-old Nicholas Young.

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.

Sep 21, 2018 · The famed South Pacific voyage by James Cook and his crew in HMS Endeavour (1768–71) resulted in huge advances in European scientific knowledge, an important milestone in what became known as the 'Age of Reason'. But how much is known about the famous ship in which the crew sailed?

In these voyages, Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously charted by Western explorers. He surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time.