Our History: When Capt. Cook first found the Island
WEBOct 3, 2014 · Early in March 1778, Capt. James Cook, Royal Navy, became the first Englishman since Francis Drake, two hundred years earlier, to see both coasts of North America.
James Cook - Wikipedia
WEBCaptain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
Third voyage of James Cook - Wikipedia
WEBJames Cook 's third and final voyage (12 July 1776 – 4 October 1780) took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, and along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.
James Cook - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBJan 7, 2008 · Cook revolutionized Europe's knowledge of the South Pacific in his great circumnavigations 1768-71 and 1772-75. In July 1776 he began a third voyage, to search for a NORTHWEST PASSAGE. He sailed east across the Pacific and anchored in NOOTKA SOUND, on Vancouver Island (29 March 1778).
James Cook - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and Park
WEBCaptain James Cook is known for his extensive voyages that took him throughout the Pacific. He mapped several island groups in the Pacific that had been previously discovered by other explorers. But he was the first European we know of …
British Columbia Cook & Nootka Sound
WEBCaptain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and cartographer who made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. During his third voyage, Cook visited Nootka Sound, a large inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.
Captain Cook at Nootka: The Political Aftermath - History Today
WEBGeorge Woodcock describes how, in March 1778, Cook was the first European to set foot on the Pacific coast of Canada. Captain James Cook arrived at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island in March 1778. In his instructions the possible annexation of territory played a minor role.
The last voyage of Captain James Cook | Canadian Geographic
WEBMar 31, 2014 · The British navigator was on what would be his final voyage — a search for the Northwest Passage — when he sailed into Vancouver Island’s Nootka Sound in March 1778.
BBC - History - British History in depth: Captain Cook: Explorer ...
WEBMar 9, 2012 · The three major voyages of discovery of Captain James Cook provided his European masters with unprecedented information about the Pacific Ocean, and about those who lived on its islands and...
Captain James Cook - CBC.ca
WEBThe first prolonged visit was from the renowned English navigator James Cook, who anchored at Ship Cove (now Resolution Cove on Vancouver Island) for a month in 1778. In the 18th century there...
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