Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European discovery of eastern Australia, Hawaii and undertook the first circumnavigation of New Zealand.

HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery

During his long career he served on a number of British ships.

Life

Cook served his early career in the merchant fleet mostly on colliers. The ships he sailed on were:

Royal Navy career

In 1755 he joined the Royal Navy, and served on:

Command career

All four ships were ex-colliers purchased by the Royal Navy as research vessels.

References

  1. ^ Clifford E. Thornton, "Captain Cook in Cleveland", Middlesbrough Council, 1978.
  2. ^ C. Preston, "Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S.", Whitby Literary Society, 1973.
  3. ^ Robson, John (2009). Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years pp. 19–25. ISBN 9781742231099.
  4. ^ a b Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  5. ^ Karl Heinz Marquardt (2003). The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction, 1695-1845. US Naval Institute Press.
  6. ^ Colledge, J. J. ; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

Further reading

  • Baines, Stephen (2012). Captain Cook's Merchant Ships: Freelove, Three Brothers, Mary, Friendship, Endeavour, Adventure, Resolution and Discovery. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 9780750962148.
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