Letter from James Cook : Great Ayton to Captain William Hammond [manuscript]. 1772.

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Letter from James Cook : Great Ayton to Captain William Hammond [manuscript]. 1772.

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Letter written by Cook to Captain William Hammond of Hull. Written from Great Ayton. Believed to be the only existing letter of his addressed from that village. Cook had bought for the Admiralty from Hammond the two ships which became famed as H.M.S. "Resolution" and H.M.S. "Adventure". Mentions the change of names.

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Hammond, William Captain

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Resolution (Ship)

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Adventure (Ship)

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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, ...