Captain Cook
Hawaiian Islands discoverer
Captain Cook refers to James Cook, the 18th-century British explorer who led three Pacific voyages, mapping coastlines from New Zealand to Hawaii.
His name attaches to countless geographic features: Cook Strait, Mount Cook, Cook Islands.
In Australian rhyming slang, a Captain Cook means a look: Have a Captain Cook at this.
Eastern Oceania's island groups
- HawaiiPacific island state
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
Botany Bay · Great Barrier Reef · Tonga · Fiji · Samoa · Marquesas · Vanuatu · Solomon Islands
Complete journey around something
- chartingRecording data visually
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- discoveryAct of finding something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
navigator · voyage · Northwest Passage · longitude · chronometer · sextant · uncharted waters · landfall
UK naval military branch
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- seamanshipSkill in operating vessels
- crewWorking team aboard
- marinerOne who navigates ships
sailing · ship · maritime · deck · mast · rigging · naval discipline · Admiralty
Science of flora
- natural historyStudy of organisms and environments
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- Royal SocietyUK's national science academy
scientific illustration · Enlightenment · classification · observation · documentation
Foreign territorial takeover
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- European contactArrival of Western peoples
- territorial claimAssertion of jurisdiction over area
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
commemoration · place names · Cook Islands · controversial · repatriation · statue · bicentenary · postcolonial
Polynesia
Eastern Oceania's island groups
- HawaiiPacific island state
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
- New ZealandPacific island nation
Australia · Botany Bay · Great Barrier Reef · Tonga · Fiji · Samoa · Marquesas · Vanuatu · Solomon Islands · Melanesia
circumnavigation
Complete journey around something
- chartingRecording data visually
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- discoveryAct of finding something
expedition · navigator · voyage · Northwest Passage · longitude · chronometer · sextant · uncharted waters · landfall · first contact
Royal Navy
UK naval military branch
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- seamanshipSkill in operating vessels
- crewWorking team aboard
mariner · sailing · ship · maritime · deck · mast · rigging · naval discipline · Admiralty · commission
botany
Science of flora
- natural historyStudy of organisms and environments
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
Royal Society · scientific illustration · Enlightenment · classification · observation · documentation
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- European contactArrival of Western peoples
- territorial claimAssertion of jurisdiction over area
sovereignty · commemoration · place names · Cook Islands · controversial · repatriation · statue · bicentenary · postcolonial · monument
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- Australian HistoryCommonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party, Tobruk
- Pacific FiguresKamehameha, Queen Liliuokalani, Magellan, Tasman
- Pacific HistoryPolynesia, Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, Fiji
- Pacific MaritimeHMS Bounty, Bounty, mutiny, whaling, whalers
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
Captain CookBlackbeard
Famous Caribbean buccaneer
Captain Kidd · pirate · buccaneer · Henry Morgan · corsair
captain, captains, Captain, captained, captaining, captaincy, captainship, captaincies