Family
What was Captain Cook's dads name?
James Cook
Where were most of Cook's discoveries
The Pacific
How many expeditions/voyages did Captain Cook go on?
3
What is Captain Cook's name?
James Cook
What was his mums name?
Grace Pace
When was his first voyage and how long did it last for?
1768-1771. 3 years
What work did he do in his early teens?
He worked on a farm with his father
How many siblings did he have that made it past childhood?
2 Sisters
What was the name of the first ship Captain Cook sailed on
HMS Endeavour
Where did he volunteer in 1755
The royal navy
How many children did he have?
6
5 sons, 1 daughter
He was the first European to discover what?
Australia, New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands (Hawai'i), and other small islands in Polynesia.
When did his last voyage end?
1779
Where and when was he born?
Yorkshire England on 27th October, 1728
How many of Cook's siblings died in childhood?
5 siblings
He was the first European to cross what?
To cross the Antarctic Circle.
What was his final voyage on?
An attempt to locate a North-West Passage, an ice-free sea route which linked the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Who paid for his schooling until he was 12
His dads employer