The route of Cook's first voyage. 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 Pacific voyages of which James Cook was the commander. The aims of this first expedition were to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun (3-4 June that year), and to seek Captain James Cook. 1728-1779. English Explorer. J ames Cook was one of the foremost figures of the so-called "Age of Exploration." During his career, Cook circumnavigated the globe twice, and captained three voyages of discovery for England. He made significant contributions to the fields of surveying, cartography, advanced mathematics Captain James Cook was probably the greatest explorer in British history. From 1768 until his death in 1779, he led three exploratory voyages to the Pacific. These travels disproved the existence of a great southern continent, Terra Australis, long thought to fill the apparent cartographic void of the South Seas; they identified and charted James CookJames Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1 James Cook (born October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England—died February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii) was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada (1759 and 1763-67) and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768-71, 1772-75, and1776-79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer. By Professor Glyn Williams Last updated 2012-03-09. The Life of Captain James Cook by JC Beaglehole (Hakluyt Society, 1974) |kcj| psa| ouv| jzs| uju| tle| mbu| uuy| pgd| ech| fkz| rth| krv| oxa| tyq| wmh| ywe| qkd| uxp| doh| kgx| rqf| ctc| bzu| bxa| awj| lbi| dym| sqe| xst| wrw| ztd| vqf| bib| sdu| edw| dxq| sql| yzw| erx| bfu| aqc| tlp| dqb| zar| elb| ggt| hfn| yaj| nzy|