Captain James Cook, FRS, RN, was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
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Voyages around the world, Discovery and exploration, Voyages autour du monde, Découverte et exploration, Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Explorers, Descriptions et voyages, Diaries, Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, Endeavour (Ship), Resolution (Ship), Travel, Cook, james, 1728-1779, Discovery (Ship), Oceania, discovery and exploration, Biography, British, English, Explorateurs, Discovery (Navire), History, Indians of North America, LanguagesPlaces
Oceania, Northwest Passage, Océanie, Northeast Passage, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Coast (North America), Antarctica, Hawaii, Nouvelle-Zélande, North Pacific Ocean, Northwest Coast of North America, Pacific Coast (B.C.), Arctic regions, Australie, Great Britain, Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), Oceanica, Pacific Area, Pacific Coast, Pacific Coast (Asia), Pacific Coast (U.S.), Pacifique Nord (Océan), Passage du Nord-OuestPeople
James Cook (1728-1779), Charles Clerke (1741-1779), John Gore (1730?-1790), John Gore (d. 1790), Charles Clarke (1741-1779), Charles Clerke (1741-1779,), James King (1750-1784), John Byron (1723-1786), Ron V. MeadsID Numbers
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- ISNI: 0000000122779981
- VIAF: 31994819
- Wikidata: Q7324
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