He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously charted by Western explorers. In these voyages, Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. This acclaim came at a crucial moment for the direction of British overseas exploration, and it led to his commission in 1768 as commander of HMS Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.
Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec, which brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the St. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.Ĭook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755.
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 17 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
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