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Cook was born
Captain Cook was born in October 27 1728. Marton UK -
Cook went to school
Cook's family moved to Great Ayton he attended the local school -
Cook apprenticed
Cook apprenticed to William Sanderson haberdasher and gracer of staithes -
Cook apprenticed
Cook apprenticed to John Walker a whitby shipowner -
Cook joined the navy
Cook joined the Royal Navy and saw active service in the English channel and Atlantic -
Cooks seven years of war
During the seven years war he sailed with the fleet to Canada were he learned to survey and assisted with the charting of the S.T. Lawrence River -
Cook returned to England
Cook returned to England and married Elizabeth Batts -
Cook was chosen to lead an expadition
Cook was chosen to lead an expadition to the south seas he left ply mouth(avg) and travelled via Madenira (scp) Rio De Janiro (nov-Dec) and tierra del fue go ( Jan-69) to tahiti -
Cooks death
News of Cooks death reached Britan (jan) before the resilution and discovery arrived back in England (oct)