Cook, James, 1728-1779
Contributed to
na06A voyage to the Pacific ocean
A voyage to the Pacific oceanbook chapter 1785
ou09The Journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discoverybook chapter 1967
- Summary
- Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][1]
- Born
- 1728-10-27 [6]
- 1728-10-28 [1]
- Birth Place
- Marton-in-Cleveland (GB) [2]
- Marton [6]
- Died
- 1779-02-14 [6][1]
- Death Place
- Hawaii (États-Unis) [2]
- Kealakekua Bay [6]
- Country
- Great Britain [1]
- Language
- English [2][3]
- Occupation
- Jūrasbraucējs [3]
- Atklājējs [3]
- explorer [6]
- cartographer [6]
- naval officer [6]
- seafarer [6]
- botanist [6]
- Profession
- Forschungsreisender [1]
- Field of Activity
- Ceļojumi [3]
- Kartogrāfija [3]
- Archives at
- University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives [6]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [6]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [6]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [6]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [6]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [6]
- Sources
- 1. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 3. National Library of Latvia
- 4. National Library of Korea
- 5. National Library and Archives of Québec
- 6. Wikidata
- 7. Library of Congress
- 8. VIAF
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