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Kapitán James Cook, FRS (* 7. november 1728, Marton, Kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie – † 14. február 1779, Kealakekua Bay, dnešný Havaj, USA) bol britský cestovateľ, kartograf a námorný dôstojník, ktorého tri plavby okolo sveta a hlavne vydané práce výrazne posunuli znalosti o Zemi.
A British explorer and navigator, Captain James Cook led three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean . His voyages took him south to the Antarctic Circle and north to the Bering Strait.
Cook then left for Newfoundland and won fame, and better pay, as a surveyor. He also won respect with the Royal Society for his astronomical observations. On 15th April 1768, the Admiralty appointed James Cook to the rank of First Lieutenant and gave him command of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour. Official portrait of Captain James Cook, 1776.
May 17, 2018 · James Cook >The English explorer, navigator, and cartographer James Cook (1728-1779) is >famous for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean [1] and his accurate mapping of >it, as well as for his application of scientific methods to exploration. James Cook was born in Yorkshire on Oct.
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Cook je prešao antarktički krug, došavši do 67°16' zemaljske širine, južnije nego što je itko drugi prije doplovio, no nije pronašao kopno. Onda je u listopadu 1773. ponovo otplovio prema jugu, dva puta prešavši antarktički prsten.
Thanks to Cook’s detailed charts, and his gentlemen passengers’ scientific and artistic documentation, accurate knowledge of New Zealand was available in Europe for the first time from the 1770s. James Cook was born in 1728 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England.
