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Captain Cook - School Essays

Captain Cook

• Most of the worlds geography was a mystery before james cook
• He made 3 voyages
• Described himself as "who had the ambition not only to go further than anyone had done before but as far as possible for a man to go."
• Born into the age where scientific knowledge was an intense as the thirst for conquest had once been
• He was born october 27th 1728 in a small cottage in Yorkshire
• His father was a day laborer worked hard for his family
• James has 6 siblings
• He assisted in farm work and then this father found him a job with a shopkeeper in Staithes. here he learned a retail trade
• At Staithes within sight of ships sailing to and from the nearby port Whitby, Cook ...

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Added: 3/3/2011 06:59:08 PM
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Category: Biographies
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