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Captain James Cook

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Noun1.Captain James Cook - English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)Captain James Cook - English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)


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Next I came the French in 1768, then the British led by Captain James Cook in 1774.
95 Paperback G420 In this reprint from 2007, Gascoigne (Australian Academy of the Humanities) details the travels of Captain James Cook in terms of how his British cultural roots intersected with the cultures of countries he voyaged to in the Pacific.
Almost 240 years after Captain James Cook began his famous expedition to the South Pacific, the research team led by Professor Searle will follow in the tradition of the great explorer.
 
 
 
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