James Cook
1728–1779
British captain who mapped the Pacific and was killed in Hawaii.
James Cook (1728–1779) was an explorer, born in Marton and died in Kealakekua Bay.
- Known as
- Explorer
- Category
- Explorers
- Born
- 1728, Marton
- Died
- 1779, Kealakekua Bay
Alive at the same time as James Cook
- Vitus Bering 1681–1741, explorer
- Anne Bonny c. 1697–c. 1782, pirate
- Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790, statesman and inventor
- Frederick the Great 1712–1786, king
- Denis Diderot 1713–1784, philosopher
- Adam Smith 1723–1790, economist and philosopher
- Immanuel Kant 1724–1804, philosopher
- Casanova 1725–1798, adventurer
- Jean-François de La Pérouse 1741–c. 1788, explorer
- Alexander von Humboldt 1769–1859, naturalist and explorer
- William Clark 1770–1838, explorer
- Meriwether Lewis 1774–1809, explorer
Portrait: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain.
