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	James Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cook was one of five children born to a local woman and a Scottish immigrant farm labourer, Grace and James Sr.
		Cook surveyed the northwest stretch in 1763 and 1764, the south coast between the Burin Peninsula and Cape Ray in 1765 and 1766, and the west coast in 1767.
		Cook became increasingly frustrated on this voyage, and probably began to suffer from a stomach ailment; it is speculated that this led to irrational behaviour towards his crew, such as forcing them to eat walrus meat, which they found inedible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Cook (3375 words)

	Captain James Cook of Whitby
		When James Cook came to take up a post in Whitby, he arrived to a very busy seaport, where ships were being built, sail making, rope and cordage skills prevailed in their manufacture, together with all the allied trades that went with these.
		Cook had very vivid memories of near disaster while sailing through unknown waters and his choice of ships was accepted by the Admiralty who were very conscious of the magnitude of the undertaking.
		Cook was high in praise of her as she was faster and better able to claw off a lee shore than his own ship.
	www.queensland.co.uk /james.html (3905 words)

	European Explorers: James Cook
		James Cook was born in Marton, England, in 1728.
		James Cook was born in the village of Marton-in-Cleveland in the North Riding of Yorkshire on October 27, 1728.
		James Cook was born in the Yorkshire village of Marton on October 27, 1728.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/excook.htm (1865 words)

	James Cook - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cook was born in Marton in Yorkshire, but as a child moved with his family to Great Ayton.
		Cook's journals were published upon his return and he became somewhat of a hero among the scientific community.
		Cook circumnavigated the globe at a very high southern latitude, becoming the first European to cross the Antarctic Circle on January 17, 1773, reaching 71°10' south, and discovered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /j/ja/james_cook.html (1154 words)

	James Cook -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		James Cook (October 27, 1728 – February 14, 1779) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)) explorer and (In earlier times, a person who explored by ship) navigator.
		Cook's huge achievements can be attributed to a combination of excellent (Skill in sailing) seamanship, his superior surveying and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (e.g.
		Cook's (A record book as a physical object) journals were published upon his return, and he became something of a hero among the (Click link for more info and facts about scientific community) scientific community.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_cook.htm (1520 words)

	Encyclopedia: Captain James Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cook also discovered the Great Barrier Reef, when his ship ran aground June 11, 1770; Endeavour was seriously damaged (and his voyage delayed almost 7 weeks) while repairs were carried out on the beach near the dock in modern Cooktown, at the mouth of the Endeavour River.
		Batavia was known for its outbreaks of malaria, and much of Cook's crew would succumb to the disease before they returned home in 1771, including the Tahitian Tupaia and the fine naturalist and illustrator Daniel Solander, a Swedish student of Linnaeus.
		William Bligh, Cook's sailing master, was given command of the HMS Bounty in 1787 to sail to Tahiti and return with breadfruits.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Captain-James-Cook (1553 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia, James Cook (1728-79).
		Captain James Cook, of England's Royal Navy, of course, is best known for his exploits in the Pacific between the years 1776, and the year of his death in the Hawaiian Islands, in 1779.
		The captain of the Pembroke was Captain John Simcoe (the father of the governor).
		Much was needed to do a proper job when dealing with the intricate workings of a square rigged sailing vessel of the British navy: being as it was, multi-spared and carrying heavy inventories of sails and rigging, such as it took as many men as 500 to run her.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Cook.htm (752 words)

	Captain James Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Captain James Cook was born in Marton, Yorkshire, England in 1728.
		Captain Cook, in the period of 1763-1767, surveyed the north, south, and west coasts of Newfoundland, under the orders of the Admiralty.
		Captain Cook later travelled to Carbonear with Desbarres to assist in planning new defences, and while there conducted surveys of the surrounding waters and of Harbour Grace.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /placentia/cook.htm (455 words)

	The Voyages of Captain James Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Captain Cook was now the only Man on the Rock, he was seen walking down towards the Pinnace, holding his left hand against the Back of his head to guard it from the Stones and carrying his Musket under the other Arm.
		Cook's body was divided among various chieftains as part of their ritual victory celebration, but after much haggling and negotiation, parts of Cook's body were returned.
		Finally, while the story of Captain James Cook evokes mystery and excitement, perhaps the most important theme brought home by his voyages is the nature of scientific progress.
	www.oceansonline.com /captain_cook.htm (1352 words)

	Captain James Cook
		Captain Cook was given secret orders to discover and chart all unknown lands in the South Seas and annex them for Britain.
		James Cook was also awarded the Copley Gold Medal and elected as a fellow of the Royal Society.
		Captain Cook and his men were primarily searching for the Northwest Passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.antiquetelescopes.org /cook.html (1090 words)

	The first British ship on the NW Coast
		Cook's first impression of the Nootka, one that lasted for only two days, was that they were mild and inoffensive, quick to trade, and strictly honest in the process.
		Cook learned that the Indians were willing to impeach one another, and thus it became easy to identify the thieves.
		Cook and his men, perhaps too trusting in the first place, now took appropriate precautions to stop the light-fingered tendencies of persons who considered property not personal but communal in nature, and theft a matter of dexterity and even sport.
	www.hallman.org /indian/cook.html (812 words)

	Captain James Cook - Explorer, born Marton, North Yorkshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Explorer James Cook (1728 - 1779) was born in Marton, Cleveland, or as it was then, North Yorkshire on 27 October 1728, the son of an agricultural labourer.
		Cook's skill in map-making won him favour with the Royal Society, which sought his leadership for scientific expeditions and Cook charted the St. Lawrence.
		Cook's first voyage to the Pacific (1768-1771) in the Endeavour, a barque of 370 tons, with a crew of 84, set sail from Plymouth on 26 August 1768.
	geordie.bravehost.com /jamescook.htm (315 words)

	Captain James Cook in Alaska (Part 1) - ExploreNorth
		Captain Cook is universally regarded as one of the most ambitious explorers of all time - in particular, his three expeditions in 1768-1771, 1772-1775, and 1776-1779 accomplished an impressive list of "firsts," including the first European sighting of Hawaii.
		On his second voyage, Cook had made one of the great non-discoveries of the age, arriving home with proof that Terra Australis Incognita, the continent that was imagined to be in the southern hemisphere to balance the Earth, did not exist.
		Although Cook had been given an honourary shore posting in gratitude for his previous service, and was not initially considered to lead this new expedition, the prize money must surely have been a consideration in his offer on January 9, 1776 to lead the expedition.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/yafeatures/bl-Cook1.htm (696 words)

	Captain James Cook - The First Voyage
		Cook's decision to land here marked the beginning of recorded history on the east coast of Australia, for the Aborigines had no written language, no account of their long ages on these shores.
		Captain James Cook sailed from Plymouth on the 26th August 1768 in the Endeavour, the former collier Earl of Pembroke.
		Cook sailed north along the coast and tried to land, near Wollongong but was prevented from doing so by the fierce surf.
	www.janesoceania.com /captcook1 (1063 words)

	Captain James Cook
		The English navigator James Cook, possibly the greatest explorer of the 18th century, is known for his voyages to the Pacific Ocean and his application of scientific methods to exploration and to cartography.
		Cook had observed a solar eclipse in 1766 and used it to determine the longitude of Newfoundland; these findings were published in the Transactions of the Royal Society.
		Cook had proved that no great continent existed in the temperate region of the Pacific, but he had become convinced that there was an Antarctic continent.
	users.orac.net.au /~mhumphry/jamescook.html (930 words)

	Captain James Cook \| British Navigator and Explorer
		Cook was an apprentice to a shipping company at age 18, and joined the British Navy at 27 in 1755.
		During his return trip to England in 1771, Cook was the first ship commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy, by serving his crew fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease.
		On February 14, 1779 Cook was stabbed to death by Hawaiian natives while investigating a theft of a boat by an islander.
	www2.lucidcafe.com /lucidcafe/library/95oct/jcook.html (678 words)

	Captain James Cook (1728-1779) - PlantExplorers.com™
		In 1768 Cook was appointed commander of the H.M.S. Endeavour to take members of the Royal Society on an expedition to Tahiti, where they would record the transit of Venus across the sun and engage in general exploration.
		Captain James Cook promoted the practice of feeding his crew sauerkraut and lime juice to fight scurvy, based on the studies done by Dr. James Lind in 1747, and insisted his crew wash themselves and their possessions, and exercise on the open deck regularly.
		Cook's third mission was to search for a northern route between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.
	www.plantexplorers.com /Explorers/Biographies/Captain/Cook.htm (612 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: James Cook
		Cook's skill as a seaman and navigator cannot be challenged...through heavy storms and dangerous seas filled with huge icebergs the RESOLUTION survived without the loss of a single man. On January 30 he reached his furthest south but could go no further.
		Cook's reputation was unchallenged and with his conclusion one can assume that all further exploration would have been unnecessary except for one detail...he kept thorough records of his sailing.
		Cook wrote of his own visit on the same parchment, placed it back in the bottle together with a silver coin and buried it again.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000071.htm (1714 words)

	Captain James Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Captain James Cook was the most prominent of the explorers of the Pacific.
		Captain Cook - This is a good history of Captain Cook's explorations.
		Captain James Cook 1728 - 1779 - This site outlines Captain Cook's 3 voyages, gives information about his personal life, and even has a link that tells about his extended modern family tree.
	www.slc.k12.ut.us /webweavers/lindam/listcaptainja.html (181 words)

	The explorer Captain James Cook
		Captain James Cook was chosen to command the ‘Endeavour’, and he was also instructed to explore as much of the South Pacific along the way.
		It was with this new dietary regime that Cook the explorer set off on his second voyage, aboard the ‘Resolution’ (accompanied by the ‘Adventure’).
		James Cook’s third and final great voyage was performed in an attempt to find a Northwest Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
	txtx.essortment.com /historyofcapta_ryiu.htm (585 words)

	BBC - History - Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779)
		Cook was born in a small village near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, and learnt his trade in small sailing ships known as 'cats', in which he journeyed up and down the coast from the Tyne to the Thames.
		Cook was a practical seaman, who understood the importance of vitamin C to maintain the health of his crew, but on his third and final journey, in command of the Resolution, he did not deal so well with the Hawaiians he encountered when he landed on their island.
		Cook remained aloof from the fighting, until one warrior crept up behind him and hit him on the head with a large club.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/cook_james.shtml (443 words)

	BBC - History - Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Maritime Pioneer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Captain James Cook is widely renowned as an explorer, pioneering navigator and preventer of scurvy.
		The three major voyages of discovery of Captain James Cook provided his European masters with unprecedented information about the Pacific Ocean, and about those who lived on its islands and shores.
		Cook first went to sea at the age of 18.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/discovery/exploration/captaincook_01.shtml (339 words)

	James Cook: Celebrated North Country Explorer
		Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough, and is probably the most famous maritime explorer of the 18th century.
		His exploits in Canada and North West America, the islands of the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia and his incursions into waters of the Arctic and Antarctic are well recorded, particularly through the journals, logs and pictures which were made during the voyages and today preserved in museums, libraries and archives throughout the world.
		Find out how, since his death in 1779, Cook has been celebrated in the towns and villages of his native North East of England where there are survivals of his times in ‘Captain Cook Country’.
	www.captcook-ne.co.uk (147 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Captain James Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		And Cook's death is handled superbly well, and by the end of the brutal attack I was left feeling emotional, another rarity in a historical biography.
		Yes, Cook's behaviour was different on his final voyage and yes he made errors of judgement he had not shown before.
		The main thrust of the book is not that Cook was in the right place at the right time, but that he made such a consummate job of ensuring that the surveys were carried out in a methodical manner, with a healthy crew and sound ship.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0340825561 (1236 words)

	CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
		Captain James Cook is often known as the world's greatest navigator.
		Cook Islands 1976 Sheet with Cook and Benjamin Franklin mint.
		Cook Islands 1978 Bicentenary of Discovery of Hawaii sheet mint.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/cook/cook.htm (344 words)

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