Why did he did what he did? e.g money,fame, etc
How did it affect his home country? e.g gained more land,resources etc.
How did it affect the place they discovered or conquered? e.g population decreased or imprisined, their resources were stolen, etc
2007-03-28 10:17:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Quote: "... I had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go ..." - James Cook, R.N.
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2007-03-28 10:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Captain James Cook FRS RN (October 27, 1728 (O.S.) – February 14, 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, achieving the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia, the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation and mapping of Newfoundland and New Zealand.
2007-03-28 17:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by Dan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had a hospital named after him in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England. He was born in Marton, a village just outside that town. I know - I was locked in the MRI scanner there in a thunderstorm. Not really the fault of James though.
2007-03-28 17:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋