Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook:
James Cook was born on October 27, 1728 in Marton, Yorkshire, Britain. He made many discoveries for Great Britain, and he completed two successful trips around the world. Along with many other journeys, he was given secret orders to search for an undiscovered continent in the south that only geographers believed existed. In on one of Cook’s journeys he came closer to Antarctica than any other European explorer, and circled the continent in his ship the Resolution. Even though he couldn’t sight any land, he returned to England and was made a captain. His journey was unsuccessful because, when he reached the Artic Ocean, his passage was blocked by walls of ice. Cook was stabbed to death by Hawaiian natives while investigating a boat theft on February 14th, 1779. Cooks journey, though unsuccessful, inspired many other explorers and Antarctica was discovered in 1840. ~ Nicole Melso, Christie Rosenzweig, and Willie Welde

I now once more hoisted English Coulers and in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third, took possession of the whole Eastern Coast [of New Holland] from the above Latitude down to this place by the name of New South Wales.
—from Capt. Cook's Journal, Wednesday, 22 August 1770