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James cook
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James cook was born in Martin in Yorkshire,England
He was the son of a Scottish man. His father was a farmer. As a teenager, James did farming work with his father until the age of 18. -
James married Elizabeth Batts
Cook was in his 30s when he decided to marry Elizabeth Batts. They got married in the Barking, United Kingdom. -
James and Elizabeth got their first child!
It was a boy. They named him James. -
Captain Cook got his second child.
It was a boy. They named him Nathaniel. -
James got his first daughters and named her Elizabeth.
Sadly their daughter didn’t live long and died in the year 1771 -
Captain Cook got his fourth child!
It was a boy. Captain Cook named him Joseph. -
Cook set off to his first expedition.
His main goal was to observe the planet Venus as it passed between the earth and the sun. This would help Astro I emery’s calculate the distance of the sun from the earth. -
Cook got his fifth child!
James and Elizabeth named him George. -
Captain Cook’s second Voyage.
He took two ships which were the Adventure and the Resolution. His aim was to either discover the southern continent or to prove that it didn’t exist. -
James and Elizabeth got their sixth child.
It was a boy and they named him Hugh. -
James’s third and last voyage.
His goal was to find a northwest passage across North America to Asia. -
Captain Cook was killed.
At first, things went well with then natives of the Hawaiian islands. However things went bad when the natives stole a sailboat. Captain Cook tried to kidnap the chief to hold him as a ransom for the boat. And now a fight happened and he was killed by the natives.
