Papers relating to Captain Cook's sea chest [manuscript]. 1929-1930.

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Papers relating to Captain Cook's sea chest [manuscript]. 1929-1930.

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Newspaper cuttings and copies of letters and depositions relating to a sea chest believed to have belonged to Captain Cook, and to the descendants of Captain Cook. The papers include a statutory declaration with regard to the devolution of Captain James Cook's seaman's chest made by Betsy Emma Hortforth and Angelina Leeman, and a photograph of the chest.

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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, ...