Captain cooks travels

INTRODUCTION
James Cook was born on Oct. 27, 1728, in the small village of Marton in Yorkshire, England. He was the second of seven children of a Scottish farm labourer. In 1746, he was apprenticed to a firm of shipowners at Whitby. In 1755, Great Britain was preparing for war. Cook enlisted in the navy as an ordinary seaman. He displayed considerable skill in surveying and charting the St. Lawrence River. This work played an important part in General James Wolfe's capture of Quebec. It also brought Cook to the notice of the Admiralty, and his report of an eclipse was published by the Royal Society of London.
Was there a 'north-west passage'- a sea-route running north of Canada to Asia? And was there a great southern continent hidden beyond Africa and Asia? Captain James Cook, felt sure these questions could be answered by scientifically exploring the vast Pacific ocean. Cook was long interested in astronomy, publishing some of his findings in the Transactions of the Royal Soc...