Captain James Cook was a famous British explorer who made three voyages of discovery, finding Australia and the Hawaiian Islands for the first time. He was born in 1728 in Yorkshire, UK and had his first job working for his father on a farm until becoming an apprentice in a grocery store at age 16. His first voyage from 1768-1771 was on the Endeavor, where he landed on the eastern coast of Australia and circumnavigated New Zealand. His second voyage from 1772-1775 was to the Pacific on the Resolution. Cook had many landmarks and places named after him and died in 1779 after being stabbed in Hawaii.
2. Introduction
Captain James Cook
was famous for
finding Australia and
the Hawaiian Islands
and some coastlines
for the first time.
3. early life
Captain James Cook
was born in Matron,
Yorkshire, UK.
He was British man. He
was one of six children,
one of his brothers died
at the age of 23.
4. first job
Captain James Cook’s
first job was working for
his father who was a
farm manager, until at
the age of 16 he became
a apprentice in a grocery
and clothing store.
5. first voyage-1768
Captain James Cook
made his first voyage on
the Endeavor his ship in
1768. He set off in three
boats were called
Endeavor, Resolution,
discovery. He wanted to
find Australia. Cook
landed on the Australia
shore.
6. second voyage-
1772
Captain James Cook made
his second voyage to New
Zealand on his second boat
called Resolution in (1772-
1776). Only half of Cook’s
crew could fit in the rescue
boat.
8. landmarks
Captain Cook has
had lots of
situations, coins,
landmarks and
place names
named after him.
One of these is
the Cook strat.
9. losing a man to scurvy
Captain James Cook
circumnavigated the word
on his first voyage without
losing a single man to
scurvy.
10. timeline
1728-born
1745-first job as apprentice and clothing
store
1762-marred to Elizabeth Batts
1768-first to 1771 sailing on the Endeavor
1772-second voyage to the pacific on the
Resolution
11. 1776-Third voyage to Australia shore
1779-Killed on Hawaii Islands by a native
hawaii chef (stabbed)
12. Captain Cooks Captain cook used his ship
Ship the Endeavor to travel around
the Pacific Ocean to get to
Australia
13. Telescop
e
Grandee
launcher
A telescope grandee
is used for aiming
and shooting grandees at
the baddies. The extending
legs help it go higher or lower
and the shield deflects the
other grandees. The grandee
thrower has a trigger that you
have to pull to five the
grandees.
14. Captain James Cook
had a very hard life in
Australia
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