James cook, the
explorer, who added Australia and New Zealand to the British Empire, wrote “I have ambitions not only to go farther than
any man had been before; but as far as it was possible for man to go”.
James cook, the father
of Antarctica exploration, was in Marton village, Cleveland, on October 28,
1728.From his boyhood, he was interested in seafaring. One day the lad made up
his mind; he, too, was going to sea in order to visit glamorous lands. At the age
of twenty seven, cook had risen to the proud position of first mate. The first
service cook was in Canada, where he has employed in the dangerous task of
surveying the St. Lawrence.
They reached Tahiti in
the spring of 1769. Cook sailed south on his quest for the unknown continent ,
and skirting the society Islands , at length reached New Zealand. The tattooed
natives met them. Cook greeted these Maori warriors with friendly signs and
eventually prevailed on them to lay down their spears as sign of truce. After
circumnavigating the North and South
Islands, Cook surveyed the coastline and landed at Queen Charlotte’s Sound. He
then hosted the Union Jack and informed his company that he had taken
possession of the islands on behalf of His Majesty George the Third.
Written by
Sweta and Poonam Student(NIMS,Noida)
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