Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 to the Pacific and Southern Oceans. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand and was the first known European to visit the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. #captaincook #captaincookmonument #anchorlife #anchoragealaska #alaskahistory #walkwithhisto

Captain James Cook, the 18th-century British explorer, mapped unexplored Pacific territories like New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands (named after him), and Hawaii. However, his legacy of colonization is under scrutiny today. https://cbsn.ws/3xvike0 | CBS Sunday Morning