Captain James Cook

(noun)

A British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy who made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

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Examples of Captain James Cook in the following topics:

  • Pre-European Hawaiian Art

    • Polynesians arrived there 1,000-2,000 years ago, and in 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to visit Hawaii (which they called the Sandwich Islands).
    • The art created in these islands may be divided into art existing prior to Cook's arrival; art produced by recently arrived westerners; and art produced by Hawaiians incorporating western materials and ideas.
    • Production of these styles of art continued after Cook's arrival, and a few craftsmen still produce traditional Hawaiian arts, either to sell to tourists or to preserve native culture.

  • Non-Native Hawaiian Art

    • Polynesians arrived there 1,000-2,000 years ago, and in 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to visit Hawaii.

  • Hawaiian Art with Western Influences

    • Polynesians arrived there 1,000-2,000 years ago, and in 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to visit Hawaii.

  • Crafts in the Cook Islands

    • Although Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand, they have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens.
    • British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 and named the islands the Hervey Islands; the name "Cook Islands", in honor of Cook, appeared on a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s.
    • Woodcarving is a common art form in the Cook Islands.
    • Cook Islands women often described their tivaevae as being "something from the heart. "
    • Outline the art and history of the peoples of the Cook and Marquesas Islands

  • Tattoos

    • The first written reference to the word, "tattoo" (or Samoan "Tatau") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship, the HMS Endeavour: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humor or disposition".
    • The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe by the explorer, James Cook, when he returned in 1771 from his first voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand.

  • Colonies in Crisis

    • Following similar frustrations against the rule and policies of James II as the Bostonians, German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of the southern part of the colony of New York and ruled it from 1689 to 1691.
    • Analyze colonial tensions that emerged as a result of James II's policies

  • Tonga

    • In pre-contact Tonga, women did not do the cooking (cooking in an earth oven was hard, hot work, the province of men) or work in the fields.
    • In Captain Cook's time only the Tuʻi Tonga (king) was not, because he was too high ranked for anybody to touch him.

  • The British Empire

    • English sea captains in this period believed it was much easier to acquire wealth through the plunder of Spanish vessels than through establishing colonies.
    • Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician .
    • After wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied.
    • Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician.

  • Abraham Lincoln's Family

    • Grant’s staff as a captain in the Union Army at the end of the Civil War, remained active in Republican politics after his father’s death.
    • Nonetheless, Robert was appointed secretary of war during the administrations of James Garfield and Chester Arthur and served as minister to England during Benjamin Harrison’s administration.

  • England and the High Seas

    • Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation.
    • In 1603, James VI, King of Scots, ascended (as James I) to the English throne and in 1604 negotiated the Treaty of London, ending hostilities with Spain.
    • England's first permanent settlement in the Americas was founded in 1607 in Jamestown, led by Captain John Smith and managed by the Virginia Company.