Captain Cook

著者： Walter Besant
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  • James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and Royal Navy captain who was born to a farm laborer. Initially apprenticed to a grocer, he eventually escaped to pursue a life at sea. He endured challenging service as a merchant seaman in the Baltic while dedicating himself to the study of mathematics, navigation, and astronomy. In 1755, he volunteered for the Royal Navy and steadily rose to the rank of captain. This brief biography by Walter Besant recounts Cook’s three voyages of discovery as well as his violent death in Hawaii. Rather than perpetuating vague legends, Cook provided precise observations of people, places, animals, and plants. Besant writes of his achievements: “We seek St. Brendan’s Island and Terra Australis Incognita; and we find New Zealand and Cape Horn, the Continent of Australia, and the great Pacific Ocean, studded with islands as the firmament is studded by the stars.”
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James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and Royal Navy captain who was born to a farm laborer. Initially apprenticed to a grocer, he eventually escaped to pursue a life at sea. He endured challenging service as a merchant seaman in the Baltic while dedicating himself to the study of mathematics, navigation, and astronomy. In 1755, he volunteered for the Royal Navy and steadily rose to the rank of captain. This brief biography by Walter Besant recounts Cook’s three voyages of discovery as well as his violent death in Hawaii. Rather than perpetuating vague legends, Cook provided precise observations of people, places, animals, and plants. Besant writes of his achievements: “We seek St. Brendan’s Island and Terra Australis Incognita; and we find New Zealand and Cape Horn, the Continent of Australia, and the great Pacific Ocean, studded with islands as the firmament is studded by the stars.”
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