Introduction

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T0day we wanna talk about the explorer name James Cook or what we known as Captain Cook. Captain Cook is the explorer that discovered the Hawaii Island.

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Captain Cook And God

Captain james Cook visited the Hawaiian islands in 1778. When he came ashore, the people mistook him for one of their gods. This illustration shows the Hawaiians offering gifts to the English captain.

Captain Cook And God

In 1778 James Cook became the first Erupean that vitsit the Hawaiian Islands. When Coook came ashore,the people thought that he was the god Lono. They escorted him to thier temple, unaware they doing so confirmed thier beliefs that he was Lono. The Hawaiians believed that Lono would die and then leave them.Anxious to make sure that Lono died as he was supposed to, the Hawaiians killed Cook.

Voyage

Voyage

Cook's surveying was very accurate and his maps were used for- about 150 years!

• From 1768-1771 Cook had his first voyage.
  
• In 1772-1775 Cook had his second voyage.
  
• 1773 Cook discovered Cook Islands.
  
• 1773 also the first to cross the Antarctica Circle.
  
• 1774 Cook charted;New Hibrides, Marques, Easter Island and discovered many Pacific Islands.
  
• 1776 Chief astronomer on a voyage to find a Northwest passage between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean North of North America. First, Cook revisited Mid Pacific discovering and charting some present day Hawaiian Islands He never found the Northwest passage.
  
• 1778 Cook made his third voyage to the Pacific. He continued to New Zealand charting 3860 km. of coastline. He also discovered the East coast of Australia claiming it for Great Britain as New South Wales.
  Captain james Cook visited the Hawaiian islands in 1778. When he came ashore, the people mistook him for one of their gods. This illustration shows the Hawaiians offering gifts to the English captain.
  

James Cook

Early Life

James Cook was a British explorer and cratographer.

Back to the time of 27 October 1728. James Cook was born in the village of Martonin North Yorkshire. James was one of the five children in family.Cook was the son of a farm labourer.Later Cook and his family moved to Ayton where he attended school.In 1774 Cook went to work in a shop in Saithes but he was very unhappy. At the age of 17 he worked for a ship owner here he learned about boating and the sea.

In 1775 Cook joined the Royal Navy as a regular seaman and was sent to North America on the ship Eagle. He worked his way up the Navy and finally became commander of his own survey vessel.

("This was very extra because regular people did not usually become ship commander in the British Navy.")

Cook married Elizabeth Batts (1742-1835), the daughter of Samuel Batts .

They had six children.( son and daugther )