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James Cook

1728 - 1779

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James Cook (Marton, actual Middlesbrough, Inglaterra, 27 de octubrejul./ 7 de noviembre de 1728greg. - Bahía de Kealakekua, Hawái, 14 de febrero de 1779) fue un navegante, explorador, cartógrafo y capitán de la Marina Real británica.​ Cook elaboró mapas detallados de la isla de Terranova antes de realizar tres viajes al Océano Pacífico, durante los cuales estableció el primer contacto registrado de los europeos con la costa oriental de Australia y las islas Hawái, así como la primera circunnavegación de Nueva Zelanda.​ Cook se unió a la marina mercante británica siendo adolescente e ingresó en la Marina Real en 1755. Combatió en la Guerra de los Siete Años (1756-1763), durante la cual exploró y cartografió gran parte de la desembocadura del Río San Lorenzo durante el asedio de Quebec, labor que atrajo la atención del Almirantazgo y la Royal Society británicos. Leer más en Wikipedia

His biography is available in 161 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 158 in 2024). James Cook is the 13th most popular explorador (down from 10th in 2024), the 51st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular British Explorador.

James Cook was a British explorer and navigator who mapped much of the world's coastlines and discovered many islands. He is most famous for leading three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, during which he claimed the eastern coast of Australia for Britain.

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Among Exploradors

Among exploradors, James Cook ranks 13 out of 498. Before him are Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He. After him are Jacques Cartier, Francisco Pizarro, Francis Drake, Robert Falcon Scott, Fridtjof Nansen, and Pedro Álvares Cabral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, James Cook ranks 1. After him are Peter III of Russia, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, Chevalier d'Éon, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. Among people deceased in 1779, James Cook ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, Thomas Chippendale, Karim Khan Zand, John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, William Boyce, Tommaso Traetta, and Louis de Jaucourt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Cook ranks 51 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Bernard Montgomery (1887). After him are Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), J. J. Thomson (1856), James Prescott Joule (1818), Anthony Hopkins (1937), John Major (1943), and Mary of Teck (1867).

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Among Exploradors In United Kingdom

Among exploradors born in United Kingdom, James Cook ranks 1. After him are Francis Drake (1540), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), David Livingstone (1813), William Adams (1564), John Davis (1550), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), William Baffin (1584), Henry Hudson (1570), John Ross (1777), William Dampier (1651), and John Smith (1580).

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