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Captain Cook's death in February 1779 heralded a string of tragedies for Mrs Cook. Eight months later their son Nathaniel, 15, was lost at sea when his ship went down in a hurricane. Her remaining sons, Hugh, 17 and James, 31 died within weeks of one another in December 1793 and January 1794 – Hugh of scarlet fever at Cambridge, where he was ...
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
However, in 2004, the original Cleveley painting was discovered in a private collection belonging to a family since 1851. James, Cleveley's brother was a member of Cook's crew, and the painting is said to concur with his drawings and eyewitness accounts. [1] The original depicted Cook involved in hand-to-hand combat with the native Hawaiians. [2]
Either way, Kanaʻina pushed Cook, who fell to the sand. As Cook attempted to get up, Nuaa lunged at him and fatally stabbed him in the chest with a metal dagger, obtained by trade from Cook's ship during the same visit. Cook fell with his face in the water. [12] This caused a violent, close-quarters melee between the Hawaiians and Cook's men. [31]
Nearly two years after an Australian research team made the claim that a Rhode Island shipwreck was Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour, the team says they have more evidence to back up their assertion ...
A shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island is the long-lost ship of British explorer Captain James Cook, according to experts.. Researchers at the Australian National Maritime Museum said they have ...
Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University. The ...
Elizabeth Batts Cook (1742–1835), the wife and widow of Captain James Cook Elizabeth Coke (pronounced Cook), English courtier Elizabeth Cooke (1528 – 1609), English noblewoman