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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c598658f-fe48-4b4b-8f68-c8d3b994e8fb/E6CDDED8-FE25-41D7-B92A-9F12D7B85393/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2442" href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2442" style="font-size: 11px;">texashistory.unt.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2442"><H1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading">James Cook</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2442"><P><A title="Captain (nautical)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(nautical)">Captain</A> <B>James Cook</B> <A title="Royal Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society">FRS</A> <A title="Royal Navy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy">RN</A> (7 November <SMALL>[<A title="Old Style and New Style dates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S.</A> 27 October]</SMALL> 1728 – 14 February 1779) was an English <A class="mw-redirect" title="Explorer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer">explorer</A>, <A title="Navigator" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigator">navigator</A> and <A class="mw-redirect" title="Cartographer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartographer">cartographer</A>, ultimately rising to the rank of <A title="Captain (naval)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(naval)">Captain</A> in the <A title="Royal Navy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</A>. Cook was the first to map <A title="Newfoundland (island)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)">Newfoundland</A> prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of <A title="Australia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia">Australia</A> and the <A title="Hawaiian Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands">Hawaiian Islands</A> as well as the first recorded <A title="Circumnavigation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</A> of New Zealand.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-britannica_0-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-britannica-0"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2442"><TBODY><TR><TD class="fn summary" colspan="2"><B>(Captain) James Cook</B></TD></TR><TR><TD class="" colspan="2"><A title="Captainjamescookportrait.jpg" class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captainjamescookportrait.jpg"><IMG height="227" border="0" width="180" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captainjamescookportrait.jpg/180px-Captainjamescookportrait.jpg" alt="" /></A>
<DIV><SPAN>James Cook, portrait by <A title="Nathaniel Dance-Holland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Dance-Holland">Nathaniel Dance</A>, c. 1775, <A title="National Maritime Museum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum">National Maritime Museum</A>, <A title="Greenwich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich">Greenwich</A></SPAN></DIV>
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Born</TH><TD class="">7 November <SMALL>[<A title="Old Style and New Style dates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S.</A> 27 October]</SMALL> 1728
<A title="Marton, Middlesbrough" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marton,_Middlesbrough">Marton</A>, <A title="Yorkshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire">Yorkshire</A>, England</TD></TR><TR><TH>Died</TH><TD class="">14 February 1779 (aged 50)
<A title="Hawaii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii">Hawaii</A></TD></TR><TR><TH>Nationality</TH><TD class="category">British</TD></TR><TR><TH>Education</TH><TD class="">Postgate School, <A title="Great Ayton" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ayton">Great Ayton</A></TD></TR><TR><TH>Occupation</TH><TD class="role">Explorer, navigator, cartographer</TD></TR><TR><TH>Title</TH><TD class=""><A title="Captain (Royal Navy)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)">Captain</A></TD></TR><TR><TH>Spouse(s)</TH><TD class="">Elizabeth Batts</TD></TR><TR><TH>Children</TH><TD class="">James Cook, Nathaniel Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Joseph Cook, George Cook, Hugh Cook</TD></TR><TR><TH>Parents</TH><TD class="">James Cook, Grace Pace</TD></TR><TR><TD class="" colspan="2"><B>Signature</B>
<DIV><A title="James Cook Signature.svg" class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cook_Signature.svg"><IMG height="61" border="0" width="128" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/James_Cook_Signature.svg/128px-James_Cook_Signature.svg.png" alt="" /></A></DIV>
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