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Born in Yorkshire
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Period: to
James Cook
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Turns down a promotion with John Walker and joins the Royal Navy
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Becomes a navigational officer onboard the HMS Pembroke
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Stops being a navigational officer
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Maps the coast of Newfoundland, in present-day Canada
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Departs England to see the transit of Venus
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Arrives at Matavai Bay
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Observes the transit of Venus
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Gets killed in Hawaii
He gets stabbed in the back by one of theKaui's chiefs -
Arrives at Botany Bay,Autralia
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The Endavour returns to England
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Starts his second voyage
There he Discovers New Zeland and the East coast of Australia -
Returns to England
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Set sails it's third voyage
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Discovers Hawaii
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Returns to Hawaii
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TheResolution returns to England without it's captain