Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Cook depicted in a Nathaniel Dance-Holland portrait, c. 1775
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Portrait of James Cook by William Hodges, who accompanied Cook on his second voyage
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Illustration from the 1815 edition of Cook's Voyages, depicting Cook watching a human sacrifice in Tahiti c. 1773
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
James Cook's 1777 South-Up map of South Georgia, which he named after King George III
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
A 1775 chart of Newfoundland, made from James Cook's Seven Years' War surveyings
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Marker at the shoreline of Kealakekua Bay, near the spot where Captain Cook was slain
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Memorial to James Cook and family in the church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge
Marton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of Great Britain, 7 November 1728
Kealakekua Bay (now Hawaii), 14 February 1779
James Cook
Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park, Sydney. The rear inscription reads: "Discovered this territory, 1770"
