The officers and persons who played significant roles during Cook's three major voyages.

Lists of most of the men appearing on the Muster rolls for the ships in which Cook sailed 

Biographies about many of the men who worked with Cook during his life, both on land or in ships

The wills written by several of the men who sailed with James Cook, or otherwise worked with him

James Cook, his wife Elizabeth, and many of their relatives

There were three different people named James Cook employed by the Royal Navy in the early 1760s
Only one of themwas the famous Captain Cook.