Papers relating to the survey work of James Cook, 1763-1764

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Papers relating to the survey work of James Cook, 1763-1764

1763-1764

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Admiralty Order for Mr Cook, 1763-4 including Draft of Letters to the Admiralty and papers relating to Mr Cook and his Survey Work. "I send him home in the TWEED in preferance to keeping him on board (the ANTELOPE), that he may have the more time to finish the difficult surveys allready taken of it to be layn before theor Lordships - an to copy the different sketches of ye Coasts and Harbours, taken by ye ships on the several stations by which their Lorships will percieve how extreamly erroneous ye present draughts are and how dangerous to ships that sail by them - and how generally beneficial to Navigation the work now in hand will be when finished."

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...