James Cook

Noun

Meaning

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cook Captain Cook Captain James Cook

Examples

I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton. John C. Reilly

An engraving from "Australia: the first hundred years", by Andrew Garran, 1886 showing natives of the Gweagal tribe opposing the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Source: Internet

Captain James Cook made use of the journal during his explorations of the region. Source: Internet

Edited by Charles S. Hardwick with James Cook, out of print. Source: Internet

Attempts to write Māori words using the Latin script began with Captain James Cook and other early explorers, with varying degrees of success. Source: Internet

Captain James Cook visited it on Christmas Eve (24 December) 1777. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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