James Cook - British explorer, navigator, and map maker
Captain James Cook (TV miniseries) - 1987 Australian television miniseries
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Cook was one of five children born to a local woman and a Scottish immigrant farm labourer, Grace and James Sr.
Cooksurveyed the northwest stretch in 1763 and 1764, the south coast between the Burin Peninsula and Cape Ray in 1765 and 1766, and the west coast in 1767.
Cook became increasingly frustrated on this voyage, and probably began to suffer from a stomach ailment; it is speculated that this led to irrational behaviour towards his crew, such as forcing them to eat walrus meat, which they found inedible.
When JamesCook came to take up a post in Whitby, he arrived to a very busy seaport, where ships were being built, sail making, rope and cordage skills prevailed in their manufacture, together with all the allied trades that went with these.
Cook had very vivid memories of near disaster while sailing through unknown waters and his choice of ships was accepted by the Admiralty who were very conscious of the magnitude of the undertaking.
Cook was high in praise of her as she was faster and better able to claw off a lee shore than his own ship.
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