Lily's January Read

Captain James Cook

Title: Captain James Cook, the Explorer
         This story talks about Captain James Cook. In 1760s and 70s, he travels all over the world. Because of his excellent map-making skills his government wanted to find out for sure if there was a continent in the far southern parts of the world.
         Captain Cook discovered many islands and kept detailed notes about the people, their culture, and languages. He also proved there were no more continents to be found.

         Before TV, the Internet, and photography people of the world relied on brave adventurers like Captain James Cook and his crewmen to tell them what was out there on this great big planet!