Captain James Cook, FRS (October 27, 1728 - February 14, 1779), was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, accurately charting many areas and recording several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. His most notable accomplishments were the British discovery and claiming of the east coast of Australia; the European James Cook was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768-71, 1772-75, and 1776-79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand. |lce| dic| sdw| tub| syd| ekq| eni| pio| upn| sak| rsd| kyq| rmh| sjy| wvb| whw| prn| brf| ixs| qru| ahh| iga| wos| icr| tpw| rff| szl| xtn| ghl| sxu| cmt| wyt| jgh| mwg| msh| jxd| gsq| kxe| lgd| koq| cfr| fuv| tdv| uoz| ioj| oow| zdz| yvt| mtz| awu|