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James Cook

1728 - 1779

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James Cook (Marton, 27 ottobre 1728 – Kealakekua, 14 febbraio 1779) è stato un esploratore, navigatore e cartografo britannico. Cook fu il primo a cartografare l'isola di Terranova, prima di imbarcarsi per tre viaggi nell'Oceano Pacifico nel corso dei quali realizzò il primo contatto europeo con le coste dell'Australia e le isole Hawaii, oltre alla prima circumnavigazione ufficiale della Nuova Zelanda, territorio allora inesplorato. Poco più che adolescente, Cook entrò nella marina mercantile britannica e nel 1755 si arruolò nella Royal Navy. Prese parte alla guerra dei sette anni, che coinvolse le principali potenze europee dell'epoca, e successivamente rilevò e cartografò gran parte della foce del fiume San Lorenzo durante l'assedio di Québec. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

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

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 Esploratores

Among esploratores, 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 Esploratores In United Kingdom

Among esploratores 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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