James Cook - Information Report

James Cook

James Cook was a well known man, he was known for a couple of things such as being a British
explorer, navigator and a cartographer. He was born in the late 1720’s, on November the 7th 1728.
In the late 18th century, James Cook was the first European to define the outline of New Zealand.
Thanks to Captain Cook, with his very detailed charts, his gentlemen passengers, and scientific
and artistic documentation, accurate knowledge of New Zealand was available in Europe for the
first time since the 1770s.

Family/Childhood:

November the 7th 1728 was the first breath of his life, born in Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. James went to  Postgate School and grew up in Great Ayton. In his teenage years as he was growing up he was farming alongside his father until the age of 18, when he got offered an apprenticeship by a Quaker ship owner near the seaside village near Whitby, England. James and his wife...Elizabeth Batts Cook, had quite a bit of children of their own named…. Nathaniel Cook, Hugh Cook, James Cook, George Cook, Elizabeth Cook, which they are well known because of their father Captain Cook. His parents…. Grace Pace Cook, and James Cook also had a large amount of children named John Cook, Mary Cook, Christiana Cook, William Cook, Margaret Cook, Jane Cook including Captain Cook himself.

Ship:

Captain Cook had several amount of different ships named HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution, HMS Resolution, HMS Adventure, HM Bark Endeavour Replica, HMS Discovery, HMS Grenville and RR5 James Cook. Captain Cook’s most famous ship was the HMS Endeavour, the one he travelled across the world and found different countries and islands such as New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Captain Cook had only made one voyage on his HMS Endeavour ship, but then he made his second and third with his HMS Resolution.

First Encounter:

Captain Cook landed one of his ships at Poverty Bay, a couple of days later he had drawn a map
of New Zealand and also wrote about his first encounter with the maori. Which wasn't a good idea
after all, especially with 8 maori injured and 2 of them dead. When Captain Cook had left, nobody
went to New Zealand for a very long time because he had told people they were strong and fierce
men. The next time he arrived in New Zealand he got along with them much better than he did
the first time he’d been there.

February the 14th 1779 age 51 the day of Captain Cook’s last breath, missed by many such as his family members like his wife kids and siblings. Stabbed to death by Hawaiians after returning back to Hawaii. Hawaiians thought that if they’d kill him and eat his brains and body parts that they’d be able to be like Captain Cook. The Hawaiian’s cooked Captain Cook to enable his bones being easier to receive.

Written by: Roxy

These last couple of weeks I have been working on this piece of writing about James Cook. I thought that James Cook was a really good man until I found out today that he had done some really bad things such as leaving the Indians overseas where he had taken them. James Cook had done good things as well, but he had done some bad things at the same time and hid them away. Anyways I hope you enjoy my writing and find out some good facts about James Cook : )