Captain James Cook

Connected Sites: 15

Connected Sites

  • Great Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1981
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    June 11 1770 .. Ran Aground On The Reef And Badly Damaged "Endeavour". Took 7 Weeks To Repair
  • Inscribed: 2019
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    Kerguelen Islands, In December 1776 During His Third Voyage (Wiki)
  • Marquesas Islands
    Inscribed: 2024
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    "James Cook Made A Brief Stopover There In 1774, And In The Years That Followed The Archipelago Was Visited By Numerous Navigators." - Ab Evaluation
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
    Inscribed: 1996
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    One Of Cook's Objectives On His 3rd Voyage Was To Investigate The Nw Passage From The Pacific. He Had Tried In 1778 But, Having Entered The Bering Sea, Was Forced Back By Ice To Winter In Hawaii - Where He Was Killed. The New Commander, Charles Clerke,(Who Had Been On All 3 Of Cook's Voyages)Continued The Exploration And The Journals Of "Captain Cook's Third Voyage" Record The Viewing Of A Major Eruption Of Avachinsky Volcano On 15 June 1779
    See Www.Captaincooksociety.Com
  • Ujung Kulon National Park
    Inscribed: 1991
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    "Captain James Cook Is Known To Have Anchored Hms Endeavour On The South-Eastern Side Of Panaitan Island From 6-16 January 1771."
  • Te Wahipounamu
    Te Wahipounamu
    New Zealand
    Inscribed: 1986
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    Doubtful Sound Named By Cook (Who Didn't Go Into It -Hence The Name). He Also Mapped The Rest Of The Coast But, Famously "Missed" Recognising Milford Sound
  • Taputapuātea
    Inscribed: 2017
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    Late In 18th Century, Europeans Made Contact With The Polynesians. Captain James Cook Was Brought To Taputapuātea By The Navigator-Priest Tupaia. Members Of Cook’S Crew Have Left Descriptions Of The Marae Complex (Ab Ev)
  • Rapa Nui
    Inscribed: 1995
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    Visited 1774 During His Second Voyage
  • Québec
    Québec
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1985
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    1759 - Participated In The Siege Of Quebec
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
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    Herrnhut: Today, The Ethnological Museum In Herrnhut Houses A Collection Of Around 5,500 Ethnographic Objects Gathered By Moravian Missionaries. Interestingly, This Collection Also Includes Some Objects That Originated From James Cook's Voyages In The Pacific. These Items Came To The Museum Through Moravian Networks.  
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
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    After His Second Voyage Cook "Retired" There
  • Kew Gardens
    Kew Gardens
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2003
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    First Voyage 1766-71. Accompanied By The Botanists Joseph Banks And Herman Spöring Jr. The Discoveries They Made During This Voyage Played A Part On The Initiation Of The Colections At Kew And Banks Became The Second Director Of The Gardens
  • Hawaii Volcanoes
    Hawaii Volcanoes
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1987
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    First Recorded Visit By A European To The Islands.
  • Gros Morne National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
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    "The Gros Morne Portion Of The Coast Was Mainly Surveyed In The Summer Of 1767. Cook Was Careful To Gather Local Place Names From People Living And Working Along The Shore; And It Is Thanks To Cook’S Maps That Many Of The Early Basque And French Names Have Survived." (Gros Morne Np, Michael Burzynski)
    See Www.Heritage.Nf.Ca
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    Inscribed: 2000
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    Georg Foster Sailed 1111 Days With James Cook As A Draughtsman. Afterwards, He Stayed At Wörlitz Castle And Contributed To The South Sea Collection Of Wörlitz
    See Www.Gartenreich.De