Malo e lelei readers ! Welcome back to my blog ! Today I will be sharing information about Captain James Cook. The reason why I chose James cook was because Room 8 has been learning so much about New Zealand history. So Mrs Tafea gives us a really simple task which was great that I am going to be sharing my information right now. Here are lots of interesting things in fact I actually never knew that much.
Introduction
Captain Cook was a greatly admired and honored by many. He was a tremendously capable Sea Captain, a natural leader and a man of peace.
James Cook was a son of seven children, his family were really poor that they couldn't afford much things. His father was a ordinary farm labourer (which in fact his master decide to pay James Cook to go to village school). When James cook finished school he decide to study maths and navigation because he wanted to be an amazing navigator.
What were James cook abilities
James cook was a person with many different abilities. His abilities were apprentice to a shopkeeper, navigator, sailor. James cook was given a command of the Endeavour by England's Royal society. The ship that James Cook used was called Endeavour it was basically a ship for coral that it wasn't quite fast but it was really helpful though because it could carry loads of heavy things.
Why was James Cook so famous ?
James cook was famous for many reasons because of his amazing abilities (which were navigation, explorer and cartographer. He was really talented because of his voyages to the Pacific Ocean and his excellent mapping of it.
How did James Cook sail to New Zealand ?
James cook sighted Aotearoa (New Zealand) on the 6th of October 1769 because of the youngest boy in their ship spotted the land, the next two days they landed in Poverty Bay. While they were in New Zealand he drew detailed maps of the country, and wrote many things about the Maori people.
Conclusion
James Cook was an honored man that had many abilities that he was really good at respecting Native people that lived in country.In fact James Cook really did inspired most people to explore and travel, he even inspired to travel and explore more of the world.
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