JAMES COOK

JAMES COOK

1. EXPEDITION

   • 1st
     • England-Rio de Janeiro-Kap Hoorn-Tahití-New Zealand-Australia-Java and Sumatra Islands-England (1768-1771)
   • 2nd
     • England-Cape Verde-Pacific Ocean-Antartic-New Caledonia-Tasmania-Tahití-New Zealand-Friendly Islands-England (1772-1774)
   • 3rd
     • England-Atlantic-Pacific Strait-New Zealand-Tahití-Hawaii-Bering Strait-Hawaii (Kealakekua's bay)-Bering Strait-London (1776-1780)* he died in 1979 but they continue exploring till 1780.
   • HMS: 1)Endeavour. 2)Resolution, Adventure. 3)Resolution, Discovery.

2. BIOGRAPHY

   • Born in 1728 in UK (North Yorkshire)
   • Died in 1979 in USA (Hawaii)
   • He was an explorer and a mariner, the most important English explorer.
     • Link of a short video about Captain Cook: http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk/ccne/who.htm
   • He got married with Elizabeth Batts
     • Nathaniel
     • Elizabeth
     • Joseph
     • George
     • Hugh
     • James

3. CONSEQUENCES/DISCOVERINGS

   • 1) New Zeland Strait, he believed it was a continent in southern equator.
   • 2) Polinesia south islands, Hervey islands, Vanuatu Islands, Las Marquesas, New Caledonia, Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Antartic is a mass of ice.
   • 3) Hawaii islands (Sandwich islands), Cost of Alaska, hidrography of USA, Strait of Bering.
   • Geographical accidents
     • Islands, seas, bays, barrier reef, canals, archipelagos, coasts, coves, waterways, berings, rivers, oceans, lakes, beaches, icebergs...

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