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Discover the story of Captain James Cook through the outstanding
collections of the British Library linked with material held in
institutions such as the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in the North
East of England
Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough,
and is probably the most famous maritime explorer of the 18th century.
His exploits in Canada and North West America, the islands of the
Pacific, New Zealand and Australia and his incursions into waters
of the Arctic and Antarctic are well recorded, particularly through
the journals, logs and pictures which were made during the voyages
and today preserved in museums, libraries and archives throughout
the world.
Find out how, since his death in 1779, Cook
has been celebrated in the towns and villages of his native North
East of England where there are survivals of his times in ‘Captain
Cook Country’.
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