By Lachlan Shakespeare. Please pay attention because I will ask questions at the end

By Lachlan Shakespeare

Please pay attention because I will ask questions

at the end

James Cook was born in 1728 in England. When he was 18, he worked for a shipping company. In 1755 James Cook become a member of the British Navy.

In 1768 , James Cook sailed to the South Pacific Ocean with artists and scientists. James Cook reached New Zealand in 1770. No other European had been there. He sailed around New Zealand and then explored eastern Australia.

From 1772 to 1775,James Cook made a second voyage to the South Pacific Ocean. This time, he sailed further south than anyone before him. He saw penguins and icebergs. He sailed all the way around Antarctica. But he found no land where people might live.

James Cook was killed during a fight with islanders in Hawaii. The fight started because of an argument over the theft of a boat ( a boat. Only a boat)

He had 6 kids and 1 wife named Elizabeth Cook.

His kids names were-James Cook- Born:1763 Died: 1794Nathaniel Cook-Born:1764 Died:1781Elizabeth Cook- Born: 1767 Died:1771Joseph Cook- Born:1768 Died:1768George Cook- Born:1772 Died:1772Hugh Cook- Born:1776 Died:1793

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