Captain James Cook

by Georgia w

Introduction

This slideshow aboutJames Cook will tellyou all about him

and his family.

Early lifeCaptain James Cook was born in 1728 in Yorkshire, England. His family was very poor.

Grace and James had eight children four died in childhood . Only James and his sisters survived

First Job

James Cook joined the royal navy when

he was a teenager.

His first job was a captain of a cargo

ship.

Died

1779 he died in Hawaii14 feb and he was buried

at Kealakekue bay

A compass works by... there is a

stick made of metal

spinning freely and

the world is magnet so the stick

always points to the north.