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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum: Captain James Cook
Who was Captain Cook? Find out the answer by listening to the account of his life, view the map of his life in the North East of England, and tour the Art Gallery with its multitude of themes related to his life. Links to other Cook...
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National Library of Australia: South Seas: Captain Cook
South Seas is an online reference guide to Captain James Cook's momentous first Pacific voyage of discovery (1768-1771). As well as providing the full text of Cook's journal and other important contemporary accounts of the voyage, it...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Hand of Captain Hook
Exhibit examines John Webber's portrait of Captain James Hook.
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Captain James Cook
Who was Captain Cook? Find out the answer by listening to the account of his life, view the map of his life in the North East of England, and tour the Art Gallery with its multitude of themes related to his life. Links to other Cook...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Captain James Cook
Famous British navigator.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Captain James Cook
A British explorer who made detailed maps of Newfoundland before he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Exploration and Encounter: Map 3, Captain Cook and Hawaii, 1778
Map and primary source information provide first-hand account of exploration and encounters between Europeans and Hawaiians. Includes lesson plans for k-12, links to reference material and supplemental resources, and curators notes.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Cook Landing Site
Captain James Cook landed here at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778; He was the first European known to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
British Library
British Library: The Search for a Northwest Passage
Historical overviews and associated images that document the search, by European explorers, for the elusive Northwest Passage through the North American continent to the Pacific. Discusses, among others, the explorations of Cabot,...
British Library
British Library:northwest Passage: Early Approaches, a Historical Account
Read about the early attempts to find a way through the Northwest Passage. Included are portraits and early maps of the explorers.