History and chronology of James Cook in Great Britain

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Exploration & Discovery

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Birth
Captain
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Discovery Antarctica
Discovery Australia
Discovery Bering Straits
Discovery Botany Bay
Discovery Islands
Discovery Easter Island
Discovery Hawaii
Discovery Marquesas
Discovery New Caledonia
Discovery New South Wales
Discovery New Zealand
Discovery Norfolk Island
Discovery North West Passage
Discovery Pacific
Discovery South Georgia
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Antarctica
Bering Straits
Botany Bay
Cook Islands
Easter Island
Hawaiia
Hawaii
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New South Wales
New Sth Wales
Norfolk Island
NW Passage
South Georgia
Tonga Islands

James Cook History of Great Britain


1728	Birth
27th Oct Birth of James Cook
1768	Captain
Appointed Commander of the HMS Endeavour in the sth Pacific
1769	Discovery of Australia
Makes a detailed survey of the east coast of Australia
1769	Discovery of Botany Bay
Botany Bay Names Botany Bay
1769	Discovery of New South Wales
New Names New South Wales
1769	Discovery of New Zealand
Sails around NewZealand
1770	Colonization
New 1st Australian colony in New Sth Wales is founded by Captain Cook
Reaches the Eastern Coast of Australia & takes possession of it for George III
1772	Discovery of Easter Island
Easter Island Discovers Easter Island
1772	Discovery of Marquesas
Marquesas Discovers Marquesas
1772	Discovery of New Caledonia
New Caledonia Discovers New Caledonia
1772	Discovery of Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island Discovers Norfolk Island
1772	Discovery of Pacific
Sails with the Resolution & Adventure for a southern continent
1772	Discovery of Tonga Islands
Tonga Islands Discovers the Tonga Islands
1773	Discovery of Antarctica
12th Jan 1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
12th Jan Antarctica 1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
1773	Discovery of Tonga Islands
Tonga Islands Cook 1st visits Tonga
1775	Discovery of South Georgia
South Names the southern most point of Sth Georgia, Cape Disappointment
South Sights Sth Georgia & sails around it, he thinks it is connected to Antarctica
1776	Death
11th July NW Passage Returns to Hawaii from the North West Passage & killed in a scuffle with the Islanders
1776	Discovery of Bering Straits
Beringraits Maps the Bering Straits & attempts to look for the Nth West Passage
1776	Discovery of Cook Islands
Cook Islands Visits the Cook Islands & Hawaii
1776	Discovery of Hawaii
Hawaii Visits the Cook Islands & Hawaii
1776	Discovery of North West Passage
NW Passage Maps the Bering Straits & attempts to look for the Nth West Passage
1777	Discovery of Tonga Islands
Tonga Islands Impressed by the amiability of the people, names the islands the Friendly Islands
Tonga Islands Visits Tonga for a 2nd time
1778	Discovery of Hawaii
17th Jan Hawaii Discovers Hawaii, names them the Sandwich Islands after Lord Sandwich
1779	Death
14th Feb Hawaiia Stabbed to death by the natives of Kealakekua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands