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Birth
Captain James Cook was born on October 27,1728 in Marton Yorkshire,England. -
Leaves home
Cook left home in 1744 at the age of 16. -
Whitby
Cook went to Whitby and was an apprentence on a coal ship. -
Navy
Cook joined the royal navy. -
Mercury
Cook was the master of a navy ship called Mercury. -
Cook returns
Cook returns to England from Canada and marries Elizabeth Batts. He then returned to Canada with the navy. -
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Cook's first voyage
Cook makes his first voyage to the South Pacific, carrying a group of scientists toTahiti to observe a transit of Venus. Heading home, he investigated both New Zeland and Australia. -
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Cook's second voyage
On his second voyage, Cook continues to serch for the fable southern continent, heading farther south than any explorer to that time. -
Cook's third voyage
Cook begins his third voyage of exploration, for the primary purpose of searching for the Northwest Passage. -
Hawaii
Cook becomes the first European explorer known to have seen Hawaii, when he saw two of its islands from his ship. -
died
When Cook returned to Hawaii, he was killed by natives, his men continued the expedition.