Friday, 4th. Winds northerly, serene weather. Upon my return to the Ship in the evening I found that none of the Natives had Appear'd near the Watering place, but about 20 of them had been fishing in their Canoes at no great … . . . → Read More: Friday, 4th May, 1770 | Captain James Cook
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Four years later, English captain James Cook dropped anchor in one of those harbors, now known as Nootka Sound. Cook landed to stock up on fresh water and to trade with the natives. He took a few sea otter pelts back to .. . . . → Read More: Mount St. Helens – Neatorama Captain James Cook , was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He was Killed by Natives on the island of Kona Hawaii, 234 years ago today. Why do we care about James Cook? . . . → Read More: Halifax Shipping News: Captain James Cook Friday, 9th. Gentle breezes at South and South-South-East, hazey Cloudy weather . . . → Read More: Friday, 9th February, 1770 « Captain James Cook Sunday, 4th. Winds Northerly, a fresh breeze and fair weather. . . . → Read More: Sunday, 4th February, 1770 « Captain James Cook Thursday, 30th. P.M., had the winds Westerly, with some very heavy Showers of Rain. We had no sooner come to an Anchor than between 300 and 400 of the Natives Assembled in their Canoes about the Ship; some few .. . . . → Read More: Thursday, 30th November, 1769 « Captain James Cook Sunday, 22nd. P.M. light breezes and Cloudy . . . → Read More: Sunday, 22nd October, 1769 « Captain James Cook We're off to Hawaii, to the island where Captain James Cook (probably the greatest navigator and explorer the world has ever known) was killed in 1779. . . . → Read More: John Vigor's Blog: Paying too much? We're off to Hawaii, to the island where Captain James Cook (probably the greatest navigator and explorer the world has ever known) was killed in 1779. . . . → Read More: John Vigor's Blog: Paying too much? Saturday, 5th. This evening we bought as much Fish as the whole Ship's Company could destroy while good. . . . → Read More: Saturday, 5th August, 1769 « Captain James Cook |
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