Captain James Cook

He didn't have a very exciting life when he was younger but he did grow up sailing on short trips on the English coast. Since a young age he knew he wanted to be on the water. When he was older he sailed on countless voyages.

Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent. He survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned for violating the terms of his scientific passport by changing ships and carrying prohibited papers.

My impression was that he was in the navy because Golding spent the better part of the next six years on a boat, except for a seven-month stint in New York, where he assisted Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. While in the Royal Navy, Golding developed a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea. Because he went from a english teach to a navy .

His military career started in March 1775, in Connecticut where he was elected captain of the militia. He served the patriots for 5 more years after that, fighting in the battles of Quebec, The Cedars, Valcour Island, Ridgefield, and Saratoga. Also he marched 1,100 men from Cambridge to Quebec. Although he did serve the British, he only served them for one year, from 1780-1781.

Elizabeth Hartwell on 11/17/1749 and they had 7 children liker his parents. Three of his oldest sons

Possibly the most well known explorer ever Christopher Columbus is famous for single handedly discovering the Americas or the “New world.” Born on October 31, 1451 and died May 20 1506, Columbus would live to see more of the world than any other person at the time. Both a skilled navigator and explorer Columbus was born in the republic of Genoa, Italy. Columbus began to gather his skills and knowledge when he was very young, at the age of 13 he began to sail. His first expedition into the atlantic ocean nearly cost him his life. However he set sail again in 1492 on a groundbreaking voyage around Africa to discover the Americas. Columbus is often credited for the colonisation of the Americas.

In August, 1757, Paul married Sarah Orne and had eight children(”Paul Revere A Brief Biography”).

The first time he enlisted was in June of 1776. Troops were being enlisted just for 6 months; they were going to New York. At first, he hesitated a little but then he enlisted. Even if these circumstances hurt his

He was born to an Earl on the last day of 1738. He began his military career in 1756. He served under William Howe first, with whom he found himself growing more and more impatient.

In 1778 Englishman James Cook of the british navy discovered Hawaii. In the 1780’s other European and U.S. trading ships began to arrive on there way to China. Disease brought from other parts of the world killed many of the Hawaiians.

JOHN COOK was born at Garven Terrace in Stevenston on the 11th of March 1909. The family moved to 31 Station Square prior to 1913, and John likely received his education at the Stevenston Junior Secondary School. He probably left school about the age of 14 and was apprenticed as an iron moulder at the nearby Ardrossan Winton Foundry.

Drake married his first wife, Mary Newman in 1569. After twelve years of marriage, she died in 1581. Then in 1585, Drake married Elizabeth Sydenhan. Sir Francis Drake never had any children of his own.

About a year later, he was enlisted as a major general and was sent off to America. There, he fought in his first battle: the Battle of Brandywine. He was shot in the leg and had to recover from his wound for two months before returning to the war. After many more battles, he set sail for France in 1779.

His most impressive findings include discovering Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, New Zealand, Hawaii, and disproving the existence of Terra Australis. Cook helped advance the knowledge of the world vastly. He had mapped out almost all of the Pacific Ocean and had mapped the world as he saw it during his two circumnavigations of the world. His contributions helped further the geography of the world and learning for future generations. Cook’s cartography of the Pacific Ocean should be considered heroic because he saved future generations from being ignorant and close minded.

Using a journal that was later published he was able to manipulate the system and create a common stereotype. He did not discover Australia he colonized it. He is known and remembered as a hero but he is an invader. Lately the claim has been modified a bit as most people now know that the Dutch were sailing along the coastline of west Australia a couple of hundred years before James Cook was born, and of course Abel Tasman sailed along the south of Australia (then called New Holland) and landed on what is now known as