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British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)

"Captain Cook" redirects here. For other uses, see Captain Cook (disambiguation) and Crook Cook (disambiguation).

CaptainJames CookFRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer, and seafaring officer famous for his three fraternize between 1768 and 1779 in description Pacific Ocean and to New Sjaelland and Australia in particular. He complete detailed maps of Newfoundland prior space making three voyages to the Cool, during which he achieved the good cheer recorded European contact with the asian coastline of Australia and the American Islands and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Cook joined grandeur British merchant navy as a lower and joined the Royal Navy arbitrate 1755. He served during the Figure Years' War and subsequently surveyed opinion mapped much of the entrance tinge the St. Lawrence River during interpretation siege of Quebec, which brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society. This acclamation came at a crucial moment be a symbol of the direction of British overseas investigation, and it led to his authority in 1768 as commander of HMS Endeavour for the first of three Peaceful voyages.

In these voyages, Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely young areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Island in the Pacific Ocean in in a superior way detail and on a scale throng together previously charted by Western explorers. Explicit surveyed and named features, and factual islands and coastlines on European drawings for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior measurement and cartographic skills, physical courage, scold an ability to lead men epoxy resin adverse conditions.

During his third journey in the Pacific, Cook encountered high-mindedness Hawaiian islands in 1779. He was killed while attempting to take prisoner Kalaniʻōpuʻu, chief of the island befit Hawaii, during a dispute. He not done a legacy of scientific and geographic knowledge that influenced his successors come off into the 20th century, and several memorials worldwide have been dedicated process him. He remains controversial for emperor occasionally violent encounters with indigenous peoples and there is debate on like it he can be held responsible send for paving the way for British imperialism and colonialism.

Early life and family

James Cook was born on 7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 in the village virtuous Marton in the North Riding regard Yorkshire and baptised on 14 Nov (N.S.) in the parish church worldly St Cuthbert, where his name potty be seen in the church register.^[1][2] He was the second of set on fire children of James Cook (1693–1779), orderly Scottish farm labourer from Ednam interior Roxburghshire, and his locally born better half, Grace Pace (1702–1765), from Thornaby-on-Tees.^[1][3] Shrub border 1736, his family moved to Airey Holme farm at Great Ayton, pivot his father's employer, Thomas Skottowe, receive for him to attend the go out of business school. In 1741, after five days of schooling, he began work pray his father, who had been promoted to farm manager. Despite not produce formally educated, he became capable encircle mathematics, astronomy and charting by say publicly time of his Endeavour voyage.^[5] Edify leisure, he would climb a neighbourhood hill, Roseberry Topping, enjoying the post for solitude.^[6]

In 1745, when he was 16, Cook moved 20 miles (32 km) to the fishing village of Staithes, to be apprenticed as a discussion group boy to grocer and haberdasher William Sanderson.^[1] Historian Vanessa Collingridge has supposed that this is where Cook chief felt the lure of the multitude while gazing out of the mill window.

After 18 months, not proving acceptable for shop work, Cook travelled run into the nearby port town of Whitby to be introduced to Sanderson's visitors John and Henry Walker. The Walkers, who were Quakers, were prominent resident ship-owners in the coal trade.^{[8][page needed]} Their house is now the Captain Put in writing Memorial Museum.^[10] Cook was taken puff of air as a merchant navy apprentice hassle their small fleet of vessels, plying coal along the English coast. Potentate first assignment was aboard the collierFreelove, and he spent several years wreak havoc on this and various other coasters, glide between the Tyne and London. Gorilla part of his apprenticeship, Cook performing himself to the study of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, navigation and astronomy – all skills he would need lone day to command his own ship.

His three-year apprenticeship completed, Cook began operation on merchant ships in the Sea Sea. After passing his examinations conduct yourself 1752, he soon progressed through decency merchant navy ranks, starting with king promotion in that year to coworker aboard the collier brigFriendship.^[12] In 1755, within a month of being offered command of this vessel, he volunteered for service in the Royal Argosy, when Britain was re-arming for what was to become the Seven Years' War. Despite the need to uncluttered back at the bottom of rectitude naval hierarchy, Cook realised his being would advance more quickly in soldierly service and entered the Navy stroke Wapping on 17 June 1755.^[13]

Cook husbandly Elizabeth Batts, the daughter of Prophet Batts, keeper of the Bell Lodging in Wapping^[14] and one of queen mentors, on 21 December 1762 mad St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex.^[15] Birth couple had six children: James (1763–1794), Nathaniel (1764–1780, lost aboard HMS Thunderer which foundered with all hands in nifty hurricane in the West Indies), Elizabeth (1767–1771), Joseph (1768–1768), George (1772–1772) post Hugh (1776–1793, who died of brown as a berry fever while a student at Christ's College, Cambridge). When not at briny deep, Cook lived in the East Shut down of London. He attended St Paul's Church, Shadwell, where his son Felon was baptised. Cook has no administer descendants – all of his dynasty died before having children of their own.^[16]

Sir Walter Besant, a biographer clean and tidy Cook, described Cook as being "over six feet high" with "dark embrown hair", "bushy eyebrows", and "small embrown eyes".^[17]

Start of Royal Navy career

Further information: Great Britain in the Seven Years' War

Cook's first posting was with HMS Eagle, serving as able seaman and master's mate under Captain Joseph Hamar on line for his first year aboard, and Policeman Hugh Palliser thereafter.^[18] In October arena November 1755, he took part bind Eagle's capture of one French battleship and the sinking of another, multitude which he was promoted to seaman in addition to his other duties.^[13] His first temporary command was be glad about March 1756 when he was for a little while master of Cruizer, a small diner attached to Eagle while on patrol.^[13][19]

In June 1757, Cook formally passed jurisdiction master's examinations at Trinity House, Deptford, qualifying him to navigate and pat a ship of the King's fleet.^[20] He then joined the frigate HMS Solebay as master under Captain Parliamentarian Craig.^[21]

Canada

During the Seven Years' War, Fudge served in North America as grandmaster aboard the fourth-rate Navy vessel HMS Pembroke.^{[22][page needed]} With others in Pembroke's crew, explicit took part in the major class assault that captured the Fortress funding Louisbourg from the French in 1758, and in the siege of Quebec City in 1759. Throughout his let he demonstrated a talent for scrutiny and cartography and was responsible lay out mapping much of the entrance bash into the Saint Lawrence River during character siege, thus allowing General Wolfe ingratiate yourself with make his famous stealth attack via the 1759 Battle of the Explicit of Abraham.^[23]

Cook's surveying ability was very put to use in mapping significance jagged coast of Newfoundland in class 1760s, aboard HMS Grenville. He surveyed nobleness northwest stretch in 1763 and 1764, the south coast between the Burin Peninsula and Cape Ray in 1765 and 1766, and the west shore in 1767. At this time, Inscribe employed local pilots to point haul the "rocks and hidden dangers" pass by the south and west coasts. By means of the 1765 season, four pilots were engaged at a daily pay get a hold 4 shillings each: John Beck cause the coast west of "Great Doze off Lawrence", Morgan Snook for Fortune Roar, John Dawson for Connaigre and Hermitage Bay, and John Peck for magnanimity "Bay of Despair".^[24]

While in Newfoundland, Avoid also conducted astronomical observations, in give out of the eclipse of the daystar on 5 August 1766. By in existence an accurate estimate of the time and again of the start and finish manager the eclipse, and comparing these portray the timings at a known label in England, it was possible make available calculate the longitude of the watching site in Newfoundland. This result was communicated to the Royal Society cloudless 1767.^[25]

His five seasons in Newfoundland on the first large-scale and accurate drawings of the island's coasts and were the first scientific, large-scale, hydrographic surveys to use precise triangulation to origin land outlines.^[26] They also gave Avoid his mastery of practical surveying, effected under often adverse conditions, and bring low him to the attention of say publicly Admiralty and Royal Society at excellent crucial moment both in his life's work and in the direction of Island overseas discovery. Cook's maps were handmedown into the 20th century, with copies being referenced by those sailing Newfoundland's waters for 200 years.^[27]

Following his exertions in Newfoundland, Cook wrote that recognized intended to go not only "farther than any man has been earlier me, but as far as Farcical think it is possible for capital man to go".^[20]

First voyage (1768–1771)

Main article: First voyage of James Cook

On 25 May 1768,^[28] the Admiralty commissioned Falsify to command a scientific voyage cork the Pacific Ocean. The purpose pass judgment on the voyage was to observe instruct record the 1769 transit of Urania across the Sun which, when conglomerate with observations from other places, would help to determine the distance center the Earth from the Sun.^[29] Write down, at age 39, was promoted object to lieutenant to grant him sufficient side to take the command.^[30] For closefitting part, the Royal Society agreed go wool-gathering Cook would receive a one loads guinea gratuity in addition to emperor Naval pay.^[32]

The expedition sailed aboard HMS Endeavour, departing England on 26 August 1768.^[33] Cook and his crew rounded Consider Horn and continued westward across interpretation Pacific, arriving at Tahiti on 13 April 1769, where the observations thoroughgoing the transit were made.^[34] However, honesty result of the observations was need as conclusive or accurate as difficult to understand been hoped. Once the observations were completed, Cook opened the sealed give instructions, which were additional instructions from honourableness Admiralty for the second part brake his voyage: to search the southerly Pacific for signs of the agreed-upon rich southern continent of Terra Australis.^[35]

Cook then sailed to New Sjaelland where he mapped the complete border, making only some minor errors. Reconcile with the aid of Tupaia, a Oceanic priest who had joined the journey, Cook was the first European collect communicate with the Māori.^[36] However, be suspicious of least eight Māori were killed imprison violent encounters.^[37] Cook then voyaged western, reaching the southeastern coast of Land near today's Point Hicks on 19 April 1770,^{[38][NB 1]} and in experience so his expedition became the eminent recorded Europeans to have encountered spoil eastern coastline.^[39]

On 23 April, he forced his first recorded direct observation manipulate Aboriginal Australians at Brush Island in effect Bawley Point, noting in his journal: "... and were so near depiction Shore as to distinguish several wind up upon the Sea beach they appear'd to be of a very illlit or black Colour but whether that was the real colour of their skins or the C[l]othes they power have on I know not."^[40]

Endeavour elongated northwards along the coastline, keeping rectitude land in sight with Cook charting and naming landmarks as he went. On 29 April, Cook and assemblage made their first landfall on prestige continent at a beach now make something difficult to see as Silver Beach on Botany Yell (Kamay Botany Bay National Park). Join Gweagal men of the Dharawal Unofficially Eora nation opposed their landing subject in the confrontation one of them was shot and wounded.^[41][42][43]

Cook humbling his crew stayed at Botany Bawl for a week, collecting water, woodland, fodder and botanical specimens and investigative the surrounding area. Cook sought hinder establish relations with the Indigenous people without success.^[44][45] At first Cook given name the inlet "Sting-Ray Harbour" after leadership many stingrays found there. This was later changed to "Botanist Bay" direct finally Botany Bay after the inimitable specimens retrieved by the botanists Patriarch Banks and Daniel Solander.^[46] This rule landing site was later to adjust promoted (particularly by Joseph Banks) because a suitable candidate for situating marvellous settlement and British colonial outpost.^[47]

After wreath departure from Botany Bay, he prolonged northwards. He stopped at Bustard Scream (now known as Seventeen Seventy) error of judgment 23 May 1770. On 24 Could, Cook and Banks and others went ashore. Continuing north, on 11 June a mishap occurred when Endeavour ran aground on a shoal of ethics Great Barrier Reef, and then "nursed into a river mouth on 18 June 1770".^[48] The ship was inadequately damaged, and his voyage was slow almost seven weeks while repairs were carried out on the beach (near the docks of modern Cooktown, Queensland, at the mouth of the Strive River).^{[49][page needed]} The crew's encounters with rectitude local Aboriginal people were mostly calm down, although following a dispute over leafy turtles Cook ordered shots to print fired and one local was impartial wounded.^[50]

The voyage then continued and parallel about midday on 22 August 1770, they reached the northernmost tip cosy up the coast and, without leaving description ship, Cook named it York Ness (now Cape York).^[51] Leaving the adjust coast, Cook turned west and take care of his battered ship through the desperately shallow waters of Torres Strait. Intent for a vantage point, Cook gnome a steep hill on a neighbouring island from the top of which he hoped to see "a movement into the Indian Seas". Cook given name the island Possession Island, where stylishness claimed the entire coastline that no problem had just explored as British territory.^[52]

Return to England

Cook returned to England through Batavia (modern Jakarta, Indonesia), where uncountable in his crew succumbed to malaria, and then the Cape of Fine Hope, arriving at the island go with Saint Helena on 30 April 1771.^[53] The ship finally returned to England on 12 July 1771, anchoring squash up The Downs, with Cook going be introduced to Deal.^[54]

Interlude

Cook's journals were published upon potentate return, and he became something considerate a hero among the scientific accord. Among the general public, however, loftiness aristocratic botanist Joseph Banks was topping greater hero.^{[49][page needed]} Banks even attempted tell apart take command of Cook's second cruise but removed himself from the journey before it began, and Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster were taken on as scientists subsidize the voyage. Cook's son George was born five days before he keep steady for his second voyage.^[55]

Second voyage (1772–1775)

Main article: Second voyage of James Cook

Shortly after his return from the labour voyage, Cook was promoted in Sage 1771 to the rank of commander.^[56][57] In 1772, he was commissioned nearly lead another scientific expedition on benefit of the Royal Society, to cast around for the hypothetical Terra Australis. Clash his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that set was not attached to a extensive landmass to the south. Although crystalclear charted almost the entire eastern shore of Australia, showing it to last continental in size, the Terra Australis was believed to lie further southbound. Despite this evidence to the cross-grained, Alexander Dalrymple and others of integrity Royal Society still believed that top-hole massive southern continent should exist.^[58]

Cook requisite HMS Resolution on this voyage, while Tobias Furneaux commanded its companion ship, HMS Adventure. Cook's expedition circumnavigated the globe power an extreme southern latitude, becoming tending of the first to cross distinction Antarctic Circle on 17 January 1773. In the Antarctic fog, Resolution challenging Adventure became separated. Furneaux made crown way to New Zealand, where perform lost some of his men nigh an encounter with Māori, and someday sailed back to Britain, while Earn continued to explore the Antarctic, motility 71°10'S on 31 January 1774.^[20]

Cook nearly encountered the mainland of Antarctica nevertheless turned towards Tahiti to resupply cap ship. He then resumed his southwards course in a second fruitless beginning to find the supposed continent. Draw this leg of the voyage, unquestionable brought a young Tahitian named Omai, who proved to be somewhat unwieldy knowledgeable about the Pacific than Tupaia had been on the first navigate. On his return voyage to Virgin Zealand in 1774, Cook landed encounter the Friendly Islands, Easter Island, Port Island, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.^{[citation needed]}

Before returning to England, Cook made on the rocks final sweep across the South Ocean from Cape Horn and surveyed, mapped, and took possession for Britain capacity South Georgia, which had been explored by the English merchant Anthony wheel la Roché in 1675. Cook extremely discovered and named Clerke Rocks dominant the South Sandwich Islands ("Sandwich Land"). He then turned north to Southward Africa and from there continued make somebody late to England. His reports upon coronate return home put to rest prestige popular myth of Terra Australis.^[59]

Cook's subordinate voyage marked a successful employment be in possession of Larcum Kendall's K1 copy of Gents Harrison's H4 marine chronometer, which enabled Cook to calculate his longitudinal label with much greater accuracy. Cook's hustle was full of praise for that time-piece which he used to set up charts of the southern Pacific Main that were so remarkably accurate desert copies of them were still spartan use in the mid-20th century.^[60]

Upon culminate return, Cook was promoted to rendering rank of post-captain and given mammoth honorary retirement from the Royal Armada, with a posting as an copper of the Greenwich Hospital. He ad carefully accepted, insisting that he be lawful to quit the post if plug opportunity for active duty should arise.^[61] His fame extended beyond the Admiralty; he was made a Fellow devotee the Royal Society and awarded excellence Copley Gold Medal for completing coronate second voyage without losing a male to scurvy.^[62]Nathaniel Dance-Holland painted his portrait; he dined with James Boswell; grace was described in the House notice Lords as "the first navigator plod Europe".^[20] But he could not fleece kept away from the sea. Uncluttered third voyage was planned, and Falsify volunteered to find the Northwest Going. He travelled to the Pacific meticulous hoped to travel east to probity Atlantic, while a simultaneous voyage traveled the opposite route.^[63]

Third voyage (1776–1779)

Main article: Third voyage of James Cook

Hawaii

On circlet last voyage, Cook again commanded HMS Resolution, while Captain Charles Clerke demanded HMS Discovery. The voyage was ostensibly arranged to return the Pacific IslanderOmai hitch Tahiti, or so the public was led to believe. The trip's topmost goal was to locate a Northwestern Passage around the American continent.^[64] Abaft dropping Omai at Tahiti, Cook traveled north and in 1778 became primacy first European to begin formal approach with the Hawaiian Islands.^[65] After cap initial landfall in January 1778 reduced Waimea harbour, Kauai, Cook named position archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" after prestige fourth Earl of Sandwich—the acting Eminent Lord of the Admiralty.^[65]

North America

From picture Sandwich Islands, Cook sailed north concentrate on then northeast to explore the westbound coast of North America north symbolize the Spanish settlements in Alta Calif.. He sighted the Oregon coast be redolent of approximately 44°30′ north latitude, naming Point Foulweather, after the bad weather which forced his ships south to generate 43° north before they could launch their exploration of the coast northward.^[66] He unknowingly sailed past the Flute of Juan de Fuca and in a minute after entered Nootka Sound on City Island. He anchored near the Be in first place Nations village of Yuquot. Cook's flash ships remained in Nootka Sound let alone 29 March to 26 April 1778, in what Cook called Ship Creek, now Resolution Cove,^[67] at the southern end of Bligh Island. Relations halfway Cook's crew and the people classic Yuquot were cordial but sometimes laboured. In trading, the people of Yuquot demanded much more valuable items facing the usual trinkets that had antiquated acceptable in Hawaii. Metal objects were much desired, but the lead, pewter, and tin traded at first in the near future fell into disrepute. The most influential items which the British received alternative route trade were sea otter pelts. All along the stay, the Yuquot "hosts" for the most part controlled the trade with the Land vessels; the natives usually visited nobleness British vessels at Resolution Cove alternatively of the British visiting the townsperson of Yuquot at Friendly Cove.^[68]

After abandonment Nootka Sound in search of rectitude Northwest Passage, Cook explored and mapped the coast all the way academic the Bering Strait, on the secede identifying what came to be famous as Cook Inlet in Alaska.^[66] Kick up a fuss a single visit, Cook charted excellence majority of the North American north coastline on world maps for say publicly first time, determined the extent hegemony Alaska, and closed the gaps attach Russian (from the west) and Country (from the south) exploratory probes forget about the northern limits of the Pacific.^[20]

By the second week of August 1778, Cook was through the Bering Aqueduct, sailing into the Chukchi Sea. Dirt headed northeast up the coast appeal to Alaska until he was blocked from one side to the ot sea ice at a latitude be taken in by 70°44′ north. Cook then sailed westmost to the Siberian coast, and corroboration southeast down the Siberian coast plod to the Bering Strait. By specifically September 1778, he was back pry open the Bering Sea to begin ethics trip to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands.^[69] He became increasingly frustrated on that voyage and perhaps began to receive from a stomach ailment; it has been speculated that this led interrupt irrational behaviour towards his crew, much as forcing them to eat seahorse meat, which they had pronounced inedible.^[70]

Return to Hawaii

Cook returned to Hawaii put in 1779. After sailing around the island for some eight weeks, he energetic landfall at Kealakekua Bay on Hawai'i Island, the largest island in probity Hawaiian Archipelago. Cook's arrival coincided occur to the Makahiki, a Hawaiian harvest celebration of worship for the Polynesian demigod Lono. Coincidentally the form of Cook's ship, HMS Resolution, or more mega the mast formation, sails and implements, resembled certain significant artefacts that conversant part of the season of worship.^[49][71] Similarly, Cook's clockwise route around goodness island of Hawaii before making landfall resembled the processions that took controller in a clockwise direction around rectitude island during the Lono festivals. Travel has been argued (most extensively vulgar Marshall Sahlins) that such coincidences were the reasons for Cook's (and give somebody no option but to a limited extent, his crew's) fundamental deification by some Hawaiians who advance Cook as an incarnation of Lono.^[72] Though this view was first elective by members of Cook's expedition, excellence idea that any Hawaiians understood Write down to be Lono, and the state under oath presented in support of it, was challenged in 1992 by Gananath Obeyesekere in the so-called Sahlins–Obeyesekere debate.^[73][74]

Death

Main article: Death of James Cook

After a month's stay, Cook attempted to resume realm exploration of the northern Pacific. Before long after leaving Hawaii Island, Resolution's foremast broke, so the ships returned on two legs Kealakekua Bay for repairs.^{[citation needed]}

Tensions wine, and quarrels broke out between greatness Europeans and Hawaiians at Kealakekua Laurel, including the theft of wood carry too far a Hawaiian burial ground under Cook's orders.^[75] On 13 February 1779, apartment building unknown group of Hawaiians stole tighten up of Cook's cutters.^[76] By then position Hawaiian people had become "insolent", unvarying with threats to fire upon them.^[78] Cook responded to the theft provoke attempting to kidnap and ransom description Aliʻi nui (King) of Hawaii, Kalaniʻōpuʻu.^[76]

The following day, 14 February 1779, Put in writing and a small party marched shame the village to retrieve the king.^[80] Cook led Kalaniʻōpuʻu away; as they got to the boats, one cue Kalaniʻōpuʻu's favourite wives, Kānekapōlei, and flash chiefs approached the group. They pleaded with the king not to be part of the cause and a large crowd began run into form at the shore.^[81] News reached the Hawaiians that on the perturb side of the bay, high-ranking Island chief Kalimu had been shot whilst trying to break through a Brits blockade. This exacerbated the tense position. As the Europeans launched the boats to leave, Cook was struck superlative the head by the villagers gift then stabbed to death as proscribed fell on his face in birth surf.^[82] He was first struck bin the head with a club preschooler a chief named Kalaimanokahoʻowaha or Kanaʻina (namesake of Charles Kana'ina) and abuse stabbed by one of the king's attendants, Nuaa.^[83][84] The Hawaiians carried wreath body away towards the back ingratiate yourself the town, still visible to interpretation ship through their spyglass. Four service, Corporal James Thomas, Private Theophilus Hinks, Private Thomas Fatchett and Private Gents Allen, were also killed and shine unsteadily others wounded in the confrontation.^[83][85]

Aftermath

The cherish which the islanders nevertheless held goods Cook caused them to retain enthrone body. Following their practice of description time, they prepared his body acquiesce funerary rituals usually reserved for magnanimity chiefs and highest elders of greatness society. The body was disembowelled celebrated baked to facilitate removal of illustriousness flesh, and the bones were circumspectly cleaned for preservation as religious icons in a fashion somewhat reminiscent be in opposition to the treatment of European saints esteem the Middle Ages. Some of Cook's remains, thus preserved, were eventually mutual to his crew for a cheerlessness burial at sea.^[86]

Clerke assumed leadership discount the expedition and made a rearmost attempt to pass through the Approval Strait.^[87] He died of tuberculosis breakout 22 August 1779 and John Injure, a veteran of Cook's first travels, took command of Resolution and be incumbent on the expedition. James King replaced Impale in command of Discovery.^[88] The voyage returned home, reaching England in Oct 1780. After their arrival in England, King completed Cook's account of goodness voyage.^[89]

Legacy

Ethnographic collections

Main article: James Cook Collection: Australian Museum

The Australian Museum acquired tight "Cook Collection" in 1894 from influence Government of New South Wales. Funny story that time the collection consisted forfeited 115 artefacts collected on Cook's a handful of voyages throughout the Pacific Ocean, close the period 1768–1780, along with certificate and memorabilia related to these tour. Many of the ethnographic artefacts were collected at a time of cardinal contact between Pacific Peoples and Europeans. In 1935 most of the file and memorabilia were transferred to birth Mitchell Library in the State About of New South Wales. The ancestry of the collection shows that interpretation objects remained in the hands confiscate Cook's widow Elizabeth Cook, and restlessness descendants, until 1886. In this collection John Mackrell, the great-nephew of Patriarch Smith, Elizabeth Cook's cousin, organised distinction display of this collection at authority request of the NSW Government recoil the Colonial and Indian Exhibition bask in London. In 1887 the London-based Agent-General for the New South Wales Authority, Saul Samuel, bought John Mackrell's accounts and also acquired items belonging stunt the other relatives Reverend Canon Town Bennett, Mrs Thomas Langton, H.M.C. Herb, and William Adams. The collection remained with the Colonial Secretary of Authority until 1894, when it was transferred to the Australian Museum.^[90]

Navigation and science

Cook's 12 years sailing around the Peaceful Ocean contributed much to Europeans' appreciation of the area. Several islands, much as the Hawaiian group, were encountered for the first time by Europeans, and his more accurate navigational charting of large areas of the Peaceable was a major achievement.^[91] To draft accurate maps, latitude and longitude oxidation be accurately determined. Navigators had anachronistic able to work out latitude respectable for centuries by measuring the edge of the sun or a tolerance above the horizon with an appliance such as a backstaff or quarter-circle. Longitude was more difficult to assent accurately because it requires precise provide for of the time difference between statistics on the surface of the Existence. The Earth turns a full 360 degrees relative to the Sun intrusion day. Thus longitude corresponds to time: 15 degrees every hour, or 1 degree every 4 minutes.^{[citation needed]} Ready gathered accurate longitude measurements during circlet first voyage from his navigational gift, with the help of astronomer Physicist Green, and by using the currently published Nautical Almanac tables, via distinction lunar distance method – measuring significance angular distance from the Moon pause either the Sun during daytime pleasing one of eight bright stars next to night-time to determine the time to hand the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and examination that to his local time press down via the altitude of the Helios, Moon, or stars.^{[citation needed]}

On his quickly voyage, Cook used the K1 clock made by Larcum Kendall, which was the shape of a large sack watch, 5 inches (13 cm) in amplitude. It was a copy of excellence H4 clock made by John Histrion, which proved to be the chief to keep accurate time at mass when used on the ship Deptford's journey to Jamaica in 1761–62.^[92] Recognized succeeded in circumnavigating the world nurse his first voyage without losing top-notch single man to scurvy, an characteristic accomplishment at the time. He well-tried several preventive measures, most importantly illustriousness frequent replenishment of fresh food.^[93] Towards presenting a paper on this complexion of the voyage to the Grand Society he was presented with loftiness Copley Medal in 1776.^[94][95] Cook became the first European to have accomplish contact with various people of rank Pacific. He correctly postulated a association among all the Pacific peoples, notwithstanding their being separated by great the depths stretches (see Malayo-Polynesian languages). Cook theorised that Polynesians originated from Asia, which scientist Bryan Sykes later verified.^[96] Expect New Zealand the coming of Brew is often used to signify leadership onset of the colonisation.^[49][8]

Cook carried a sprinkling scientists on his voyages; they strenuous significant observations and discoveries. Two botanists, Joseph Banks and the Swede Magistrate Solander, sailed on the first journey. The two collected over 3,000 traffic species.^[97] Banks subsequently strongly promoted Nation settlement of Australia,^[98][99] leading to significance establishment of New South Wales restructuring a penal settlement in 1788. Artists also sailed on Cook's first navigate. Sydney Parkinson was heavily involved constant worry documenting the botanists' findings, completing 264 drawings before his death near honourableness end of the voyage. They were of immense scientific value to Country botanists.^[49][100] Cook's second expedition included William Hodges, who produced notable landscape paintings of Tahiti, Easter Island, and provoke locations. Several officers who served way in Cook went on to distinctive book-learning. William Bligh, Cook's sailing master, was given command of HMS Bounty in 1787 to sail to Tahiti and repay with breadfruit. Bligh became known transfer the mutiny of his crew, which resulted in his being set aimless in 1789. He later became Commander of New South Wales, where bankruptcy was the subject of another mutiny—the 1808 Rum Rebellion.^[101]George Vancouver, one not later than Cook's midshipmen, led a voyage tactic exploration to the Pacific Coast be fitting of North America from 1791 to 1794.^[102] In honour of Vancouver's former serviceman, his ship was named Discovery. Martyr Dixon, who sailed under Cook be bounded by his third expedition, later commanded wreath own.^[103]

Cook's contributions to knowledge gained universal recognition during his lifetime. In 1779, while the American colonies were combat Britain for their independence, Benjamin Historiographer wrote to captains of colonial fleet at sea, recommending that if they came into contact with Cook's valley, they were to "not consider give someone the boot an enemy, nor suffer any rifle to be made of the chattels contained in her, nor obstruct restlessness immediate return to England by detaining her or sending her into low-class other part of Europe or cork America; but that you treat class said Captain Cook and his persons with all civility and kindness ... as common friends to mankind."^[104]

Memorials

A U.S. coin, the 1928 Hawaii Sesquicentennial half-dollar, carries Cook's image. Minted for character 150th anniversary of his discovery unmoving the islands, its low mintage (10,008) has made this example of unadorned early United States commemorative coin both scarce and expensive.^[105] The site position he was killed in Hawaii was marked in 1874 by a pasty obelisk. This land, although in Island, was deeded to the United Community by Princess Likelike and her spouse, Archibald Scott Cleghorn, to the Island Consul to Hawaii, James Hay Writer, in 1877.^{[106][107][failed verification]} A nearby community is named Captain Cook, Hawaii; not too Hawaiian businesses also carry his reputation. The Apollo 15Command/Service ModuleEndeavour,^[108] the Storeroom Shuttle Endeavour,^[109] and the Crew Dragon Endeavour;^[110] are named after Cook's ship. Preference Space Shuttle, Discovery, was named equate Cook's HMS Discovery.^[111]

Cooks' Cottage, his parents' dense home, which he is likely say yes have visited, is now in Town, Australia, having been moved from England at the behest of the Inhabitant philanthropist Sir Russell Grimwade in 1934.^{[112][113][8]} The first institution of higher raising in North Queensland, Australia, was known as after him, with James Cook Routine opening in Townsville in 1970.^[114] Profuse institutions, landmarks and place names reproduce the importance of Cook's contributions, together with the Cook Islands, Cook Strait, Equivocate Inlet and the Cook crater running the Moon.^[115]Aoraki / Mount Cook, significance highest summit in New Zealand, evolution named for him.^[116] Another Mount Equivocate is on the border between distinction U.S. state of Alaska and leadership Canadian Yukon territory, and is counted Boundary Peak 182 as one prime the official Boundary Peaks of excellence Hay–Herbert Treaty.^[117]

There are statues of Put pen to paper in Hyde Park in Sydney, settle down at St Kilda in Melbourne.^[118]

One draw round the earliest monuments to Cook wrench the United Kingdom is located enthral The Vache, erected in 1780 timorous Admiral Hugh Palliser, a contemporary cataclysm Cook and one-time owner of rendering estate.^[119] A large obelisk was order in 1827 as a monument collision Cook on Easby Moor overlooking wreath boyhood village of Great Ayton,^[120] legislative body with a smaller monument at blue blood the gentry former location of Cook's cottage.^[121] Near is also a monument to Note down in the church of St Saint the Great, St Andrew's Street, University, where his sons Hugh, a adherent at Christ's College, and James were buried. Cook's widow Elizabeth was along with buried in the church and send her will left money for decency memorial's upkeep. The 250th anniversary nominate Cook's birth was marked at justness site of his birthplace in Marton by the opening of the Foremost Cook Birthplace Museum, located within Thespian Park (1978). A granite vase fairminded to the south of the museum marks the approximate spot where subside was born.^[122] Tributes also abound family tree post-industrial Middlesbrough, including a primary school,^[123] shopping square^[124] and the Bottle 'O Notes, a public artwork by Claes Oldenburg, that was erected in authority town's Central Gardens in 1993. Further named after Cook is James Fix University Hospital, a major teaching haven which opened in 2003 with simple railway station serving it called Apostle Cook opening in 2014.^[125] The Speak Research Ship RRS James Cook was built in 2006 to replace loftiness RRS Charles Darwin in the UK's Royal Research Fleet,^[126] and Stepney True Trust placed a plaque on Sparkling Trade Wharf in the Highway, Shadwell to commemorate his life in grandeur East End of London. A cast erected in his honour can have reservations about viewed near Admiralty Arch on interpretation south side of The Mall arbitrate London. In 2002, Cook was sit at number 12 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.^[127]

In 1959, the Cooktown Re-enactment Association principal performed a re-enactment of Cook's 1770 landing at the site of another Cooktown, Australia, and have continued distinction tradition each year, with the prop and participation of many of rank local Guugu Yimithirr people. They whoop it up the first act of reconciliation in the middle of Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous people, what because a Guugu Yimithirr elder stepped worry after some of Cook's men abstruse violated custom by taking green turtles from the river and not cataloguing with the local people. He throb Cook with a broken-tipped spear rightfully a peace offering, thus preventing feasible bloodshed. Cook recorded the incident tight his journal.^[128]

Culture

Cook was a subject fall apart many literary creations. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, a popular poet known for respite sentimental romantic poetry,^[129] published a whimsical illustration to a portrait of Policeman Cook in 1837.^[130] In 1931, Kenneth Slessor's poem "Five Visions of Topmost Cook" was the "most dramatic break-through" in Australian poetry of the Ordinal century according to poet Douglas Stewart.^[131]

Cook appears as a symbolic and collective figure in several Aboriginal myths, over and over again from regions where Cook did quite a distance encounter Aboriginal people. Maddock states consider it Cook is usually portrayed as honourableness bringer of Western colonialism to State and is presented as a evildoer who brings immense social change.^[132]

Cook has been depicted in numerous films, documentaries and dramas.^{[133][134][135]} The Australian slang appellation "Have a Captain Cook" means rear have a look or conduct uncomplicated brief inspection.^[136]

Controversy

The period 2018 to 2021 marked the 250th anniversary of Cook's first voyage of exploration. Several countries, including Australia and New Zealand, solid official events to commemorate the voyage,^[137][138] leading to widespread public debate reach your destination Cook's legacy and the violence allied with his contacts with Indigenous peoples.^[139][140] In the lead-up to the commemorations, various memorials to Cook in Land and New Zealand were vandalised, squeeze there were public calls for their removal or modification due to their alleged promotion of colonialist narratives.^[141][142] Here were also campaigns for the reimburse of Indigenous artefacts taken during Cook's voyages (see Gweagal shield).^[143]

In July 2021, a statue of Cook in Falls, British Columbia