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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum: Captain James Cook

For Students 9th - 10th
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Princeton University

Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the Pacific Islands and their explorers, including Magellan and James Cook. Includes a look at literary classics such as the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Robinson Crusoe.
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Natural History Museum

Nhm: The Endeavour Voyage Across the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
This multi-media rich site explores the voyage made by James Cook on the Endeavour in 1768. This voyage, marked as one of the most influential in history, made major nautical, geographical, natural history, and medical discoveries along...
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of James Cook.
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of James Cook.
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of James Cook.
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James Cook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: James Cook (1728 1779)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of James Cook from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: James Cook (1728 1779)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of James Cook from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Hand of Captain Hook

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit examines John Webber's portrait of Captain James Hook.
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Captain James Cook

For Students 9th - 10th
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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The Newberry Library

Newberry: Exploration and Encounter: Map 3, Captain Cook and Hawaii, 1778

For Students K - 1st
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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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Captain James Cook

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Cook Landing Site

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The Biology of Jellyfish Stings

For Students 9th - 10th
James Cook University provides information on jellyfish stings. It explains what makes jellyfish toxic and how the toxins enter the body.
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British Library

British Library: The Search for a Northwest Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Art of Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a page on the art of Australia, including many hyperlinked names of artists and their works.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Hole in the Planet

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the layers of the Earth and a place near the Canary Islands where there is a hole in the crust. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts Early American Exploration/settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
A collaborative project of the Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day, this site contains over 18,000 pages of primary source, eyewitness accounts of North American exploration starting with the Vikings.

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