James Cook

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The Major Sites

The following sites have lots of different pieces of information on James Cook, and can be found at several places on this page:

Biography

See below for descriptions of his voyages, these pages are the ones that look at his life as a whole.

Youth and early life

Newfoundland

The first voyage

From 1768-1771 James Cook travels to Tahiti to watch the transit of Venus, explores the coasts of New Zealand, discovers the Australian east coast and sails through Strait Torres.

New Zealand

Australia

The second voyage

1772-1775. Cook sails around the world at high southern latitude, and so finally disspells the myth of Terra Australis.

First Pacific Interlude

Second Pacific Interlude

The third voyage

1776-1780. Cook explores the North American west coast, and disspells yet another myth - that of the Strait of Anyan. He also discovers the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

The Pacific

Northwest America

Hawaii and the death of Cook

After Cook's Death (Clerke and King)

Documents

Some journals etcetera have been mentioned above, other documents regarding Cook are:

People

Information about other people who were on Cook's voyages, or who otherwise are connected with James Cook

Joseph Banks

Naturalist on Cook's first voyage

Tobias Furneaux

Captain of the second ship on Cook's second voyage

Johann Reinhold and Johann Georg Adam Forster

Naturalists on Cook's second voyage.

John Cawte Beaglehole

Writer, most famous for his biography of James Cook.

Places

Places which play a role in Cook's life or voyages. Places important for just one voyage are mentioned above with the voyage they belong to.

Cook's Ships

The Endeavour Replica

Miscellaneous

Pictures

Maps of his routes

Museums

Monuments

Being Interactive