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He was born with 6 brothers and sisters
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From 15 years to 19 years he sailed a collier( A ship carrying coal).
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He was a master of a 64gun war ship an it was between France and England it started in 1753 and ended in 1763.
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He had married Elizabeth Batts.
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It was the start of his 1st Voyage
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His voyage was successful
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On this Voyage he crossed the Antartic Circle.
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He was able to cross he Antartic and the other ship was the first the sai the world east to west
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He went on the voyage in search of the Nothwest Passage. He was the first person to reach the Bering Strait that seperates Serbia, Russia and Alaska. His boat would get stuck in the ice so he gave up looking for the northwest passage. He wen South back in the Hawaiian Islands but he got killed by local tribesmen.
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His crew made it back to England