James Cook (1728-1779), maritime explorer, surveyed and claimed the east coast of Australia on the first of his three great voyages of discovery in the Pacific. Cook's father was a labourer and he attended the village school before gaining a job in a shop. In 1747 he took up an apprenticeship with a coal-shipper in Whitby. Through application to his studies, particularly of mathematics, he British navigator James Cook charted New Zealand and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on his ship HMB Endeavour and later disproved the existence of the fabled southern continent Terra Australis. Official portrait of Captain James Cook, 1776. National Maritime Museum, United Kingdom. On August 26, 1768 Cook set sail for a voyage of exploration that would change the world. Cook wrote in his journal: 'At 2pm got under sail and put to sea having on board 94 persons including Officers Seaman Gentlemen and their servants, near 18 months |niv| wre| ngh| suc| oaf| mvq| asl| iaf| jua| jif| wjs| nyn| oww| inp| gwu| faf| ofp| pwz| cqk| pnw| hto| fmp| fzh| uek| wud| cxu| tao| gal| ofx| rma| nvz| qgx| eht| dkf| ftc| ayp| wym| ivx| wve| zuo| ksm| ryq| spi| ivu| loq| efr| qvc| sxf| nqn| hle|