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James Cook

Born

in Marton, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

January 07, 1728

Died

February 14, 1779

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

Genre

Nonfiction, Science, Exploration

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British navigator James Cook, known as Captain Cook, commanded three major exploratory voyages to chart and to name many islands of the Pacific Ocean and also sailed along the coast of North America as far as the Bering Strait.

During circumnavigation of the globe from 1768 to 1771 with James Cook, Joseph Banks collected and cataloged numerous specimens of plants and animals.

James Cook, captain, visited Austral Islands in 1769 and 1777.

James Cook, fellow of the royal society, served as a cartographer in the Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making, and achieving the first recorded European contact with the eastern line of Australia and Hawaii and the record around New Zealand.

Cook joined the merchant as a teenager an ...more

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	The Journals by James Cook, Philip Edwards (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 922 ratings — published 1825 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World 3.75 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 2009 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals by James Cook, A. Grenfell Price (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1971 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunt For The Southern Continent liked it 3.00 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Vol 1 3.59 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1772 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Pacific Voyages by James Cook, John Hawkesworth, Georg Forster 3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Vol 2 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Cook's Voyages of Discovery 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1908 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Servant and the Mage: A Progression Fantasy Saga (The Corsryn Saga Book 1) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery: Volume I, The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771 by James Cook, John C. Beaglehole (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery (4 books)
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World (7 books)
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A Voyage Round the World (In Four Parts) (4 books)
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Quotes by James Cook (?)

“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
― James Cook

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“Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.”
― Captain James Cook

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“From what I have said of the Natives of New-Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniences so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturb’d by the Inequality of Condition: The Earth and sea of their own accord furnishes them with all things necessary for life, they covet not Magnificent Houses, Household-stuff &c., they live in a warm and fine Climate and enjoy a very wholesome Air. . . . In short they seem’d to set no Value upon any thing we gave them, nor would they ever part with any thing of their own for any one article we could offer them; this in my opinion argues that they think themselves provided with all the necessarys of Life and that they have no superfluities.”
― James Cook, The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery

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