James Cook

British navigator. Charted NZ and Australia. My voyages provided the first accurate map of the Pacific.

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Feb 14 1779, Rose are red, violets are blue, I have become dead, but dear wife I love you. #dying #diedinHawaii #ValentinesDay

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1778 Sailed to the Hawaiian islands! #vacation

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1777 Been all over since my last post. #Tasmania, #NewZealand, #CookIslands, #TonganIslands, and #Tahiti.

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

I also met with my partner ship and we're heading for New Zealand! #sailing #exploring

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Sailing in my ship to search for the northwest passage!

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

@Captaingeorgeva Hello from the other side.

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Since I have been back in Britain I have been presented to the King, made a member of the #RoyalSociety, and even been #promoted.

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1774 Returned to my home! I also visited a bunch of islands including Tierra del Fuego! #homesick #homesweethome

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Went North in 1773, still searching for the Great Southern Continent and I have just recently crossed the #Antarcticcircle again (Jan. 1774)

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1773 First to cross the Antarctic circle!! #worldrecord #exploring #awesome

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1772, Still searching for the Great Southern Continent. Heading via #Madiera and #CapeTown.

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

@Captaingeorgeva I'm excited too, can't wait to go with you! #exploring

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Also spotted and shot my first kangaroo! #worldsfirst #kangaroos

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

My beloved ship, Endeavour, hit the Great Barrier Reef and is badly damaged :(

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Sailed beside east coast of Australia! #Aussieland #sailing

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

I circumnavigated New Zealand and I was the first to accurately chart the whole of the coastline! #mapping #whyisntitcalledcookisland

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Set out for the Southern Continent, but instead headed towards NZ, the natives here are very fierce, luckily we are on good terms now #NZ

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Sailed around the Society Islands and welcomed the Tahitian priest, Tupaia, and his servant, Taiata! #sailing #islands

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

Founded a fort in Matavai Bay #FortVenus here I'm going to observe the transit of Venus on the 3rd of June 1769. #astronomy #Venus

[James Cook @ExplorerJamie]

1769 I went ashore Tierra del Fuego! The people there were "as miserable a set of People as are this day upon Earth.” #shore #miserable