July 1772: Cook, now a commander, sets out with two colliers, Resolution and Adventure. January 1773: Cook becomes the first navigator to cross the Antarctic Circle. Summer 1773: The crews return to Tahiti and then visit Tonga.

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) 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.

Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy... James Cook begins his first voyage. Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.

HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure depart - travels in Antarctic Circle, New Zealand, Polynesia and Melanesia. Cook’s third Pacific voyage begins. HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery …

Timeline of Captain James Cook 1745: After many years helping his father on the farm he leaves home aged seventeen to take up an apprenticeship in Staithes, North Yorkshire, at Mr Sanderson’s grocery and haberdasher’s shop.

Captain Cook is considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time and, even before his death, was celebrated as a British national hero and icon. Cook mapped the east coast of Australia – this paved the way for British settlement 18 years later. He also proved some theories to be wrong.

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.

Dec 20, 2024 · A narrative of the voyages round the world, performed by Captain James Cook. With an account of his life, during the previous and intervening periods.

Cook sets out for the sandwich islands. The two ships head north, charting the southern coast of Alaska. But the ice walls force them back to Hawaii. Cook and his men leave but are forced to head back two days later. Cook goes ashore where he was attacked and stabbed to …

Captain Cook’s Ship on His First Global Circumnavigation, 1768–1771 Launched in 1764 as the merchant collier Earl of Pembroke designed to carry coal, the ship was purchased in 1768 by the Royal Navy for £2,300, renamed Endeavour, and refitted for Cook’s expedition.