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Other Internet Resources about Captain Cook

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Biographical aspects Hotels and Pubs Poetry
Family History of Cook Individuals' Cook web sites Places to visit related to Cook
Books Johann and George Forster Schools
Daniel Solander Joseph Banks Space shuttle
Encyclopedias Models and other collectables Stamps, Coins and Medals
Endeavour Replica Museums related to Cook Other People
Flora and fauna related to Cook Paintings and pictures related to Cook Other web sites
Hawaii Items added in 2009 are numbered 660 onwards

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top Biographical aspects
322 James Cook, Britischer Weltumsegler und berühmtester Entdecker des Pazifiks
370 Mit Kapitän Cook um die Welt
4 Cook's First Voyage, 1768-1771
5 James Cook and the Introduction of Lime Juice in the British Navy
8 Captain James Cook, explorer of Australia
18 The First British Ship on the NW Coast of America
24 James Cook - British navigator and explorer
51 Antarctic Philately: James Cook
55 Cook's observations of the Tu'i Tonga
76 Captain James Cook from the Mining Company
94 History of Australia - Captain James Cook
141 Cook at the Wollumbin region, Australia
154 Brief Cook genealogy
175 James Cook: Britischer Weltumsegler und beruehmtester Entdecker des Pazifiks
230 Captain James Cook in Alaska
231 Captain James Cook (1728-1779)
344 Captain James Cook's life in one web page
348 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on Captain Cook
364 Biography of Cook
372 The Endeavour Voyage Across the Pacific, 1768-1771
373 Captain James Cook's Return to the South Seas, 1772-1775
395 James Cook in Newfoundland and Labrador
546 James Cook in Newfoundland. His logbooks, journals and much more.
403 Remarkable Ocean World of Captain James Cook
405 The Life and Voyages of Captain James Cook - Information for teachers and parents
411 Captain Cook in Yorkshire
428 Biography of Cook by John Robson - Text from the book featuring maps of every step of Cook's life
481 James Cook in Canada by Dave Fisher
500 James Cook at Prince William Sound, May 1778
517 James Cook, the Celebrated North Country Explorer
523 Will of Captain James Cook, 14 June 1776 (purchase required)
529 Biography of Cook by a fan of Nelson
540 James Cook, the lad from Herriot Country, North Yorkshire
556 Captain James Cook, who lived in London between voyages
590 James Cook Factsheet by the Royal Naval Museum
607 Plant Explorer: James Cook


top Family History of Cook
404 The Family Tree of Capt. James Cook R.N. compiled by Frank Collins
413 Updated and improved Captain Cook's Family Tree compiled by Frank Collins
448 Introduction to the Capt. Cook Family Relationship Theory


top Flora and fauna related to Cook
543 Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) named after Johann Forster
119 New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) discovered by Cook
374 Bottlebrush Callistemon Endeavour named in honour of Cook's ship
487 A digital floriligium of the fauna seen on the Endeavour voyage as photographed today
593 Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis painted by Sydney Parksinson on the First Voyage
594 Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) painted by George Forster on the Second Voyage


top Johann and George Forster
303 Johann Forster, botanical collector on the Second Voyage
304 George Forster, botanical collector on the Second Voyage
350 Research Project on the botanical collections of Johann Forster
357 Johann Forster collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
542 Gdanszczanie na pokladzie HMS Resolution
544 Forster herbarium at Göttingen
627 George Forster - Wunderkind, Weltumsegler, Naturforscher, Reiseschriftsteller, Professor für Naturkunde, Bibliothekar, Politiker, Revolutionär, Journalist
628 Georg Forster Gesellschaft (George Forster Society)
649 The Portraits of John Reinhold Forster and George Forster. A Catalog Tracing the Origin of Each Portrait


top Places to visit related to Cook
Australia  Canada  France  New Zealand  Pacific Islands  UK  USA
429 Captain Cook memorials and statues around the world
430 Locations and physical features named after Captain Cook
661 World Heritage Sites connected to Captain James Cook
Australia
28 Cook memorial, Adventure Bay, Tasmania
449 Furneaux memorial, Adventure Bay, Tasmania
57 Cape Tribulation, named by Cook
378 Cape Tribulation National Park, Queensland
565 World of Down Under - Cape Tribulation
113 History of the Whitsunday Islands, Australia
115 Point Hicks Lighthouse, Australia
315 Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, home of Cooks' Cottage
224 Captain Cook's Cottage, Melbourne
637 Cooks Cottage, City of Melbourne
236 The town of 1770
339 Captain Cook Memorial Jet, Canberra - visitor information
490 Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet, Canberra
507 Burley Griffin Walk past the Captain Cook Memorial Jet, Canberra
508 Captain Cook Memorial terrestrial globe, Canberra
509 Captain Cook Memorial jet, Canberra
274 Kurnell, where Cook first landed in Australia, April 1770
294 Captain Cook's Landing Tour at Kurnell
384 Kurnell, the Birthplace of Modern Australia
441 Captain Cook's Landing Place Plaque, 28 April 1770
629 Captain Cook's landing place, Kurnell - official fact sheet
343 Cooktown, where Cook repaired the Endeavour
475 Pictures of Cooktown, Australia
564 World of Down Under - Cooktown
450 The Glasshouse Mountains, named by Cook
645 Annual 1770 Festival held in May on the weekend around the 24th May in the Town of 1770, Queensland, Australia
646 Captain Cook Monument "The Door of Destiny" at the Town of 1770, Queensland, Australia
Canada
37 History of Victoria, British Columbia
412 Historic Nootka Sound
59 Cook at St. Pierre and Miquelon
89 Captain James Cook Monument, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
167 Captain Cook Trail, Corner Brook to Little Port, Newfoundland
209 Captain Cook Drive, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland
376 Captain Cook's Lookout, Burin Bay, Newfoundland
491 Old Ferrole Harbour, Plum Point, Newfoundland visited by Cook in 1764, while mapping the coast
515 Captain James Cook monument, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
539 Captain James Cook monument, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
France
352 Le Cénotaphe du navigateur Cook, dans le parc du château de Jeurre - SEARCH FOR JEURRE
353 Aussi, Le Cénotaphe du navigateur Cook, dans le parc du château de Jeurre
470 Photos of the Grounds of Jeurre, including The Cenotaph of Cook and Bust by Pajou
New Zealand
61 New Zealand National Parks, including Egmont and Mount Cook
107 Cook Statue at Christchurch
368 Captain Cook Trail, from Ship Cove to Cape Jackson lighthouse, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
574 Spöring Island, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
602 Cook Landing Site, Gisborne, New Zealand
603 Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
Pacific Islands
38 History of The Cook Islands
211 The spot where Cook landed in Tongatapu, 1777
581 Another view of Captain Cook's 1777 Landing at Tongatapu
552 360 degree view of Captain Cook Lookout, Norfolk Island
579 Captain Cook monument, Norfolk Island
UK
417 Places to visit in Middlesbrough, UK: Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
418 Places to visit in Middlesbrough, UK: Bottle of Notes
419 Places to visit in Middlesbrough, UK: St. Cuthbert's Parish Church
420 Places to visit in Middlesbrough, UK: Captain Cook Country Tour
99 Captain Cook Country in North Yorkshire
252 A 32m car trail from Marton to Whitby
478 Marton, where Cook was born
479 Stewart Park and Marton
631 St. Cuthbert's Church, Marton where Cook was baptised
254 The Cleveland Way - A 109m walk, which includes places associated with Captain Cook
262 The Cleveland Way - George Tod's account of his journey
171 The Cook memorial in Cambridge
257 Captain Cook Memorial at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK
101 Great Ayton, where Cook went to school
277 Great Ayton village
295 Great Ayton's loss was Melbourne's gain
541 Great Ayton, in Herriot Country, North Yorkshire
77 Middlesbrough and surrounds
656 Captain Cook & Staithes Heritage Centre
337 Staithes Heritage Centre and the Captain Cook Museum
393 Pictures of Staithes
135 Cook monument at Stowe, England
272 Thornaby, where Grace Pace (Cook's mother) was christened/baptised in St. Peters Church
58 Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK
577 Captain Cook Festival, held annually in Whitby, UK
480 Captain Cook's world - a planned heritage centre at Whitby
289 Cook Statue at Whitby
316 Cook Statue at Greenwich
549 Cook Statue at Liverpool
473 Captain Cook in Stepney, London
390 Captain Cook in Bradford, UK
563 Clapham High Street, the home of Mrs Elizabeth Cook, 1788-1835
572 Hinchingbrooke House former home of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, patron to Captain Cook
394 Cook's Monument at Stowe
USA
104 Otter Rock, Oregon
155 Cape Foulweather, named by Cook
573 Pictures of Cape Foulweather, named by Cook, from the Lookout Gift Shop
11 The Captain Cook monument at Resolution Park, Anchorage
632 Views of Resolution Park, Anchorage including the Captain Cook monument
74 Bell's travels guide for Anchor Point, Alaska
286 Augustine volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska, named by Cook
79 Captain Cook State recreation area
505 Captain Cook's Monument, Hawaii
506 Captain Cook's Monument, Hofgaard Park, Waimea, West Kauai


top Museums related to Cook
Australia  Austria  Canada  Germany  New Zealand  Russia  South Africa  Switzerland  UK  USA
Australia
25 Search the pictorial collection of the National Library of Australia
92 James Cook Historical Museum, Cooktown
332 Exhibition about Cook and Omai held at National Gallery of Australia, 15 Feb. to 27 May 2001
342 Historical Maps from the State Library of Queensland viewable online
342a including Entrance of Endeavour River, 1770
342b and Botany Bay in New South Wales, 1770
636 Cook's Voyages of Discovery at the Mitchell Library, part of the State Library of New South Wales
Austria
587 Cook Collection in the Ethnological Museum, Vienna
Canada
32 Historical Maps from the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
177 The Cook Dagger at Royal British Columbia Museum
Germany
362 Captain Cook in der Völkerkundliche Sammlung der Universität Göttingen
362a and in English: Captain Cook at the Institute of Ethnology, Göttingen University
New Zealand
30 The J.C. Beaglehole Room at the VUW Library, New Zealand
161 Cook at Whitianga Museum
580 Captain Cook's Hawaiian Feather Cloak at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
640 Catalogue of the exhibition "Captain James Cook: His artists and draughtsmen" held at Auckland City Art Gallery, October-December 1964
Russia
435 Exhibition about Cook held at Kunstkamera, St Petersburg, Russia
South Africa
Switzerland
472 Captain Cook ethnographic items at the Musée d'ethnographie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
UK
433 The Captain Cook Museums in the UK, as listed by the 24 Hour Museum
14 The Captain Cook Memorial Museum at Whitby
173 Cook exhibits in Whitby's town museum
17 The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow: Captain Cook Voyages of Discovery
152 Captain Cook at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
259 Royal Marines Museum includes Captain Cook's travels
317 Captain Cook at the National Maritime Museum, London
333 Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, Great Ayton
597 Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, Marton
USA
67 James Cook at the Mariners' Museum
181 The Shark Tooth Weapon at Bishop Museum, Hawaii
279 Catalog of Cook exhibition held at UCLA, Fall 1999
648 James Cook Exhibition in the Duggan Library at Hanover College, USA


top Individuals' Cook related web sites
3 Andre Engels' links page about Cook
16 Michael Dickinson's web site about Cook
40 Mark Winthrop's web site about Cook
85 Nate Kerl's web site about Cook
93 Cari's web site about Cook
168 Captain James Cook by the Reverend Ed Hird
309 Captain James Cook by John Robson
330 Captain James Cook by Malcolm Meeson
382 Captain James Cook in OCEANIA by Jane Resture
465 Pictures of a rescued copy of Hawkesworth's Account of the Voyages Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere by Nick Iredale
474 Fred Steinbroner's web site about Cook
504 Les pages de Marc Diaz à propos du Capitaine Cook
604 Captain James Cook by Nelson Kruschandl, a great great great great nephew


top Endeavour Replica
Trips aboard  Visits around the world  Other Endeavour Replicas
6 HM Bark Endeavour, now run by the Australian National Maritime Museum
110 Summary of Endeavour Replica details
47 HM Bark Endeavour. An article in the magazine Tall Ship International
130 Endeavour Replica featured in Greatest Escapes Webzine
194 A tour of the Endeavour Replica with Camp Internet
237 History of the Endeavour Replica up to 1999
285 Three videos about the Endeavour Replica
Trips aboard
192 Calm1's trip aboard the Endeavour Replica, 1996
106 Savannah man sails on the Endeavour Replica, May 1998
185 Kenn Anderson's trips aboard the Endeavour Replica, 1998 and 1999
184 Sweetstuf's trip aboard the Endeavour Replica, February 1999
369 Dick McMahon's trip aboard the Endeavour Replica, July 1999
196 Ev Shafrir's trip aboard the Endeavour Replica, August 1999
Visits around the world
95 Endeavour Replica visit to Wellington, February 1996
195 Endeavour Replica at South Africa, December 1996
251 Endeavour Replica at St Helena, January 1997
159 Endeavour Replica at Holyhead, UK, August 1997
190 Endeavour Replica from Plymouth to Weymouth, September 1997
125 Endeavour Replica at Portsmouth, NH, USA, September 1998
360 Endeavour Replica at Humboldt Bay, California, USA, June 1999
467 Endeavour Replica at Sacramento harbor, USA, 20 June 1999
296 Endeavour Replica photos at Hawaii, November 1999
299 Endeavour Replica photos at Devonport, New Zealand, February 2000
298 Endeavour Replica visit to Lyttelton, New Zealand April 2000
335 Endeavour Replica visit to Adelaide, Australia January 2001
336 Endeavour Replica visit to Kiama, Australia March 2001
567 Endeavour Replica visit to Penzance, UK, August 2004
568 Endeavour Replica sailing past Woolwich, London
Other Endeavour Replicas
247 Stondon Transport Museum - home of the British Endeavour Replica
444 The British Endeavour Replica at Whitby, Yorkshire
657 Replica HM Bark Endeavour at Stockton-on-Tees


top Hawaii
13 Captain Cook in Hawaii
48 Captain Cook's fateful visit to Hawai'i
83 Captain Cook Monuument at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii
90 Captain Cook Monument Trail Ride
172 Cook's landing spot on Kauai, Hawaii
249 Foreign contact with Hawai'i


top Joseph Banks
43 Joseph Banks' Endeavour Journal
43a Download a copy of the journal
43b See other relevant papers from Joseph Banks
45 Sir Joseph Banks Memorial Sculpture, Australian National Botanic Gardens
98 Banks' Florilegium
377 Banks' Florilegium. Plants collected on the Endeavour
545 Banks' Florilegium. Published by Alecto Historical Editions between 1980 and 1990
126 The Sir Joseph Banks Archive Project
266 Portraits of Joseph Banks at the National Portrait Gallery, London
302 Joseph Banks, naturalist on the First Voyage
371 Mit Joseph Banks um die Welt
526 The Banks Collection - A Previously Unknown Collection from Cook's First Voyage
606 Plant Explorer: Joseph Banks
655 Sir Joseph Banks Society


top Daniel Solander
52 Daniel Solander: botanisten och världsomseglaren
52a and in English: botanist and nature's argonaut
128 Daniel Solander - Världsomsegling med Kapten Cook
129 Handwritings from the Linnean herbarium: Daniel Solander
301 Daniel Solander, botanical collector on the First Voyage
421 The Solander Society for people interested in Daniel Solander
605 Plant Explorer: Daniel Solander
609 Daniel Solander and the Solander Program


top Space shuttle
22 NASA's Endeavour space shuttle
33 History of Space Exploration: Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour
401 USS Endeavour NCC-94721


top Hotels and Pubs
46 Captain Cook Hotel, Christmas Island, Kiribati
96 Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska
136 Cook as seen by the Queensland Hotel, Whitby, UK
145 Captain Cook Inn, Oregon
216 Captain Cook Hotel, St Peter Port, Guernsey
463 Captain Cook Pub, Östersund, Sweden
533 Captain Cook Motor Lodge, Gisborne, New Zealand
585 Kapitan Cook - Tawerna and Cafe Pub in Gdynia, Poland


top Books
120 Republication of the most important books about Captain Cook
199 An abridged version of the most important books about Captain Cook
176 The Hakluyt Society: Publisher of the definitive books on James Cook
49 Review of Beaglehole's book: The Life of Captain James Cook
122 The most important book that went on the Endeavour
50 Review of Hough's book: Captain James Cook
207 Book about Sydney Parkinson's journal made during Cook's First Voyage
221 Book about Cook's First Voyage round the world
206 Book about Johann Forster's observations made during Cook's Second Voyage
208 Book about John Elliott's memoirs and Richard Pickersgill's journal of Cook's Second Voyage
205 Book about Cook in the South Seas
220 Book debunking one of the myths about Captain Cook
240 Chapter 1 from the book about the recovery of Cook's cannon and anchor off Australia
264 Some books about Cook viewable online
264a including Elegy on Captain Cook by Anna Seward, 1780
264b and Directions for navigating on part of the south coast of Newfoundland... by James Cook, 1766
264c and Directions for navigating on part of the south coast of Newfoundland... by William Bayly, 1782
290 Book featuring maps of every step of Cook's life
Text from the book
310 List of Captain Cook books published since 1965 - compiled by John Robson
311 List of Captain Cook articles published - compiled by John Robson
323 Book about James Cook and Canada, from 1758 to 1779
341 An experimental Hypermedia Edition of the Journals of James Cook's First Pacific Voyage (1768-1771)
347 Book about George Forster's journal made during Cook's Second Voyage
351 Trailer for the book "Farther Than Any Man: the Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook"
383 Book about who really killed Captain Cook
385 Book with original log extracts of the Endeavour voyage and modern photographs
400 Biography of James Cook intertwined with that of George Collingridge
422 Book about the real and imagined life of Elizabeth Cook, the Captain's wife
423 Book about the author's travels around the world in Captain Cook's wake
Also available under another title
432 Book about the TV programme The Ship made by the BBC about the Endeavour
442 Book about Great American Travel Writers, including John Ledyard
494 Facsimile of the Journal of HMS Endeavour by James Cook
495 Facsimile of the Journal of HMS Resolution 1772-75 by James Cook
496 Facsimile of the Journal of HMS Endeavour by Joseph Banks
511 Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook by Kippis, 1898
512 Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world made in H.M. Bark Endeavour 1768-71 by Wharton, 1898
557 Another version of Wharton's book
522 Novel about the last week of Cook's life, and the week after
537 One of best children's book on Captain Cook, published by Ladybird
551 Book with directions on how to reach nearly 200 exploration sites (including Cook's) along the 4000 kilometre coast of Victoria and New South Wales.
658 Novel about Isaac Manley, midshipman on Endeavour whho rose to become an admiral of the Navy
639 Some articles and pamphlets by JC Beaglehole about Cook, viewable online - held in New Zealand
639a including On the Character of Captain James Cook by JC Beaglehole, 1956
639b and Some Problems of Editing Cook's Journals by JC Beaglehole, 1957
639c and Captain Cook and Captain Bligh by JC Beaglehole, 1967
639d and The Death of Captain Cook by JC Beaglehole, 1964
639e and The Wandering Scholars by JC Beaglehole, 1965
639f and Cook the Navigator by JC Beaglehole, 1969
639g and Some problems of Cook's biographer by JC Beaglehole, 1969
639h and Eighteenth Century Science and the Voyages of Discovery by JC Beaglehole, 1969
639i and Cook the Man by JC Beaglehole, 1970
639j and Cook the Writer by JC Beaglehole, 1970
653 Some articles about Cook that appeared in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, viewable online
653a including On the Visit of Captain Cook to Poverty Bay and Tolaga Bay, 1888
653a and On the Relics of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, 1888
653a and On the Tracks of Captain Cook, 1900
653a and Foot-tracks of Captain Cook, 1902
653a and Following the Tracks of Captain Cook, 1902


top Stamps, Coins and Medals
15 Canadian stamp featuring Cook
42 Australian stamps featuring Cook
100 American Topical Association, of which the CCS is a member
146 Malte Aronsson's Resource pages for stamp collectors
201 Cook stamps for sale by Shades Stamp Shop Ltd
287 Captain James Cook Through Stamps
329 The Postage Stamp Voyages of Captain Cook
380 Visit of Captain Cook to Ascension as seen in stamps
398 Pacific Islands Study Circle for collectors of stamps from the Pacific area
410 Australian and Swedish joint issue of stamps featuring Solander
497 Maritime Topics on Stamps by Bjoern Moritz - Cook's First Pacific Voyage
497a Cook's Second Pacific Voyage
497b Cook's Third Pacific Voyage
513 Captain Cook's Philatelic Site by Peter de Wolff
584 Dan's topical stamps about James Cook
589 "Resolution & Adventure" Medal taken by Cook on the Second Voyage
659 Cook Islands coins issued in 2009 featuring Captain Cook


top Encyclopedias
530 The definitive Captain Cook Encyclopedia
163 Encarta entry on Cook
270 Britannica's Encyclopedia entry on Cook
518 Houghton Mifflin entry on HMS Endeavour
519 Houghton Mifflin entry on HMS Resolution
520 Houghton Mifflin entry on HMS Adventure
521 Houghton Mifflin entry on HMS Discovery
578 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand entry on Cook
598 Literary Encyclopedia's entry on Captain James Cook
510 Wikipedia entry on James Cook
610 Wikipedia entry on Daniel Solander
611 Wikipedia entry on Herman Spöring
612 Wikipedia entry on Joseph Banks
613 Wikipedia entry on HM Bark Endeavour
614 Wikipedia entry on HMS Resolution
615 Wikipedia entry on HMS Adventure
616 Wikipedia entry on HMS Discovery
617 Wikipedia entry on Tobias Furneaux
618 Wikipedia entry on Charles Clerke
619 Wikipedia entry on William Bligh
620 Wikipedia entry on George Vancouver
621 Wikipedia entry on James King
622 Wikipedia entry on Hugh Palliser
623 Wikipedia entry on John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
624 Wikipedia entry on William Hodges
625 Wikipedia entry on Johann Forster
626 Wikipedia entry on George Forster
654 Wikipedia entry on John Gore


top Schools
123 Some ideas for school activities about Cook
137 Cook Primary School, Canberra, Australia
151 Solander School, Ojebyn, Sweden
157 Gander Academy, Newfoundland, Canada
169 James Cook Memorial School, Cook's Harbour, Newfoundland
283 Captain James Cook Elementary School, Vancouver, Canada
445 Bark Endeavour by Millennium Middle School, Florida, USA
558 Why was Captain Cook Killed? - a history lesson for schools
538 James Cook High School, Manurewa, Manukau City, New Zealand
582 Pui Ying Captain Cook Chinese School, Vancouver, Canada
599 Identify the person on one of Cook's Voyages who wrote an intriguing diary found washed ashore in a sea chest
643 Captain Cook Primary School, Marton, Middlesbrough, UK


top Paintings and pictures related to Cook
66 Cook's chart of the NW coast of America
396 James Cook's Charts of Newfoundland and Labrador
81 Prints and maps from Cook's voyages
595 Chart of the St Lawrence River, Canada by James Cook, published in 1760. French version. Carte en 6 coupures.
596 Chart of Belle Isle, part of Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada by James Cook, published in 1766. French version.
170 Painting of Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance at the National Maritime Museum, London
261 Painting of Captain James Cook by William Hodges at the National Maritime Museum, London
325 Painting of Captain James Cook by John Webber at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
265 Portraits of James Cook at the National Portrait Gallery, London
248 Paintings of Cook's ships from Black Dog Studios
561 Paintings of Polynesia and Hawaii by Terry Malone
271 Paintings of Endeavour Replica from the Studio of John Freeman
267 Portraits of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich at the National Portrait Gallery, London
268 Portraits of William Bligh at the National Portrait Gallery, London
269 Portraits of Omai at the National Portrait Gallery, London
226 Captain Cook's tablet at Cape Solander, NSW, Australia
318 Images of Cook at the National Maritime Museum, London
319 Images related to Cook's Navigation at the National Maritime Museum, London
320 Images of Cook's ships and life on board at the National Maritime Museum, London
321 Images of people and places associated with Cook at the National Maritime Museum, London
501 Charts by Cook at the National Maritime Museum, London
326 "Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770" by E. Phillips Fox at the National Gallery of Victoria
358 "A Portrait of a Woman of Oonalashka" - Original hand drawing by John Webber at the Museum of the Aleutians
359 4 engravings of drawings by John Webber
aA View of Karakakooa in Owyhee
bInside a House in Nootka Sound
cNatives of Oonalashka and Their Habitations
dThe Reception of Captain Cook in Hapaee
388 Engraving of "Captain James Cook" by Nathaniel Dance
389 Engraving of "A West Coast Indian house at Nootka Sound" by John Webber
407 Images associated with Cook from the Rex Nan Kivell collection
438 Endeavour botanical illustrations at the Natural History Museum, London
440 Painting of Cook taking possession of Australia by Alexander Gilfillan at the Royal Society of Victoria
459 HMS Discovery and HMS Resolution - a painting by Frank Wright
460 Resolution and Discovery off Kawai Point - a painting by Raymond A. Massey
The Storm that killed a god - another painting by Raymond A. Massey
468 The Resolution and Discovery - some paintings by Charles Gause
484 David Rumsay Map Collection of the 205 charts, views, portraits, etc., from the nine volume set of Cook's three voyages published between 1773 and 1785.
531 Article about Sir Joshua Reynolds' famous portrait of Omai
660 Some engravings of Captain Cook's Voyages at The Maritime Gallery


top Poetry
553 Forby Sutherland, a poem by George Gordon McCrae written in 1900
554 Captain Cook, a poem by Kenneth Slessor written in 1925
555 On visiting the spot where Captain Cook and Sir Joseph Banks first landed in Botany Bay, a poem by Barron Field written in 1895
642 Convergences - a meditation on certain events that took place at Nootka Sound in the year 1778, by Lionel Kearns


top Models and collectables
62 Endeavour ship kits
116 Endeavour Journal CD-ROM
282 Endeavour Journal CD-ROM
178 Bottlebrush Callistemon "Captain Cook"
180 Australian mini TV series "Captain James Cook" of 1987
375 ABC Drama "Captain James Cook" written by Peter Yeldham
204a Microfilm versions of logs, journals, sketches from Cook's ships 204b    204c    204d
212 The Endeavour in a bottle
217 Captain Cook's Birthplace Cottage as a paper model
307 Royal Copenhagen plate of Captain James Cook, 1978
334 Model of the Endeavour made by Steven Hill
408 Model of the Endeavour made by SMM
415 Making a model of the Endeavour
586 Making a model of the Endeavour by Jeff Meador
588 Making a model of the Endeavour by Frank
486 Collectables (ephemera, philatelic, and numismatic) about Captain James Cook


top Other people
160 J.C. Beaglehole, biographer of Cook
263 John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, Patron of Cook
293 Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, whose students went with Cook
608 Plant Explorer: Carl Linnaeus
635 The world of Carl Linnaeus and his apostles, including Daniel Solander
300 Sydney Parkinson, artist on the First Voyage
305 Tobias Furneaux, captain of the Adventure on the Second Voyage
306 John Webber, artist on the Third Voyage
406 George Vancouver's Great Voyage
434 James King and St Mary Magdalene, Woodstock
439 John Ledyard, American marine on the Third Voyage
443 Rupert Gould, restorer of Harrison's clocks and chronometer
451 William Anderson, doctor and naturalist on The Second and Third Voyage
454 John Harrison, inventor of chronometers used by Cook
455 John Harrison and the Longitude problem
456 Hugh Palliser, Admiral of the Blue, patron of Cook
457 Hugh Palliser, Governor of Newfoundland, 1764-1768, whilst Cook was surveying there
458 Thomas Graves, Governor of Newfoundland, 1761-1764, whilst Cook was surveying there
482 Captain Samuel Johannnes Holland who taught Cook how to survey
514 William Peckover, who sailed with Cook on all Three Voyages
524 Second Will of Captain Charles Clerke, 17 August 1779 (purchase required)
532 Captain Charles Clerke of Wethersfield, Essex
516 Memorial to Mary Wales, widow of William Wales, at Clavering
633 Grave of Benjamin Drawwater, Surgeon's Second Mate on the Resolution, at Greasley
634 Inscription on the grave of Benjamin Drawwater at Greasley
575 Herman Diedrich Spöring (1701-1747) - lääketieteen professori ja luonnontieteilijä


top Transit of Venus
164 Drawings of the Transit of Venus
391 Beobachtet den Venustransit von 1769
464 The next Transit of Venus on 8 June 2004
492 The Transit of Venus in 1769
502 Article about Cook's observation of the Transit of Venus, 1769 that appeared in American Scientist
503 Astronomical Observations made by Green and Cook, from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
525 Listen to Nasa's story about James Cook and the Transit of Venus
527 Cook's Explorations and their relationship to the Transit of Venus
528 How Cook from the NE of England came to observe the Transit of Venus


top Other Web sites
29 The Voyage of Captain Cook; a montage by Laura Ruby
31 Who Killed Captain Cook? New World Theater presents a one-act farce
34 Captain James Cook and the naming of Lark Harbour and York Harbour, Newfoundland
53 Catalogue of the NHM's collections from the Endeavour voyage
65 King's Lynn: home of George Vancouver
103 An Abstract Portrait
111 Cook explored ways to keep his crew from dying
121 Club collected by Cook in Nootka Sound, 1778
379 Makini, the gourd mask seen by Cook at Hawaii
131 A Virtual tour of the Endeavour
471 Another Virtual tour of the Endeavour
165 JOISES Resolution, research drilling ship
174 Debunking Cook
182 Foundation for preservation of Cook's Ships, possibly wrecked at Newport, Rhode Island
213 Captain Cook in Fiordland, New Zealand
218 The Captain Cook Pullman Train, North York Moors Railway in May, 1999
222 Mark Twain on Captain Cook
225 Captain Cook cocktail drink
227 Statue of Captain Cook by Anthony Stones
256 Marriage Register of James Cook and Elizabeth Batts
258 Dufour Panoramic Wallpaper featuring Captain Cook's travels
278 O.H. Boyd, carver of the figurehead for the Resolution Replica
288 Captain James Cook at the James Ford Bell Library
308 Captain Cook at Placentia, Newfoundland, 1763
312 Miniature coffin with a lock of Cook's hair
327 "From Longitude to Empire: the articulations of place in the voyages of Captain Cook" - a dissertation
328 The Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook, 30th July, 1768
345 Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771
349 Sculpture of Captain Cook at Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
356 The written language of James Cook
363 Captain Cook T-shirt
366 Crew List for Cook's First Voyage
392 Cook letter in Auckland City Libraries
414 Larcum Kendall 1776 Watch
416 Article about James Cook's Secret Search in 1769
424 Endeavour featured on the BBC web site
425 Life at Sea in the Royal Navy of the 18th Century
452 Science of Cook's voyages, part of the Royal Navy in the 18th Century
426 Endeavour's Scientific Impact
427 The Ship - a TV programme by the BBC about the Endeavour
Archived at
a The Ship Gallery
b The Making of "The Ship"
c What Can Re-enactment Tell Us about the Past
476 The Ship - a TV program broadcast on the History Channel about the Endeavour
431 Mussel Inn, Golden Bay, New Zealand - Brewers of Captain Cooker Manuka Beer
461 White Swan, Stokesley, North Yorkshire, UK - Home of the Captain Cook Brewery
437 Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration, Tasmania
453 Captain Cook in the Antarctic
466 "In the wake of Captain Cook" an MPEG video clip promoting a CD-i title
477 Curious maps of Captain Cook's voyages
483 Sonnets on the Discovery of Botany Bay by Captain Cook
485 An account of the Recapture of Saint John's, Newfoundland in 1762 featuring "Mr. Cook, Master of the Northumberland"
488 Cook's Discovery of Hawkes Bay in 1769 as recounted in a newspaper of 1857
489 Cook's Discovery of Hawkes Bay in 1769 as recounted today
493 Captain Cook's Spruce Beer - a modern brew from New Zealand
498 Benjamin Franklin's Passport for Cook and his crew - Part 1
498a Part 2
499 The Astronomy of James Cook
516 The Link between Clavering and Captain Cook
534 Mercedes-Benz Camper Van "James Cook"
535 South Seas - Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific, including the full text of the journals of Cook, Banks and Parkinson
547 Sailing through Unknown Waters. Music inspired by Captain Cook's voyages. Composed, arranged and played by White.
548 Interactive maps of Cook's Voyages. Click on Pazifik, twice.
550 Brigantine Soren Larsen visits Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus, 2004
559 A letter from James Cook to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, 1768
560 Lost & Found - a documentary about the discovery and salvage of one of Captain Cook's missing anchors
569 Certificate of discharge of Thomas Warren from Pembroke, signed by James Cook 16 January 1759
571 How Samuel Horsley and Matthew Raper link Thorley, Hertfordshire, UK to Captain Cook
576 Captain James Cook, One of the World's Greatest Explorers
583 Historic Cleveland - where Cook grew up
591 HMNZS Endeavour A11
592 HMNZS Resolution A14
601 The Telescopes of Captain James Cook
630 Resolution 1772 Limited. A company trying to build a replica in Whitby
638 Tolaga Bay Estate, New Zealand - producers of The Captain's wine
641 "'A Logg kept on board his Majesties Ship the Endeavour, Jas. Cooke Commander, By Jonn. Munkhouse", 27 May 1768-19 Nov. 1769
644 Looking For Captain Cook - a TV programme produced in 2007
651 Captain Cook Obsession and Discovery - a TV programme produced by Film Australia in 2007
652 Captain Cook Obsession and Discovery - a TV programme shown by ABC in 2007
645 Annual 1770 Festival held in May on the weekend around the 24th May in the Town of 1770, Queensland, Australia
650 Captain Cook's Landing Race (Running) held annually in June or July


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Updated: February 2009

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