Browse the list of practitioners, click on a letter to narrow your search, and click on a name to see the related case notes.
Tap a letter to narrow your search, browse the list of practitioners, and tap on a name to see the related case notes.
INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
-
Cook, James (Captain)
Explorer and navigator
(1728 - 1779)
Was born near Middlesbrough in Yorkshire, at 17 years old he moved to Whitby by the coast working with a coal merchant. After 10 years he decided to join the Royal Navy, during which he learnt to survey and chart coastal waters in North America. He showed great talent and advanced rapidly through the ranks and at the age of 29 was made ship master. On his ship HMB Endeavour he commanded the first scientific expedition to the Pacific where he chartered New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. He is also known for preventing scurvy on his ships through proper sanitation and ventilation as well as a diet of cress, sauerkraut and orange extract.
Referred to as: CookDEP/DUA/1/13/08
-
-
Cook, James (Captain)
Explorer and navigator
(1728 - 1779)
Was born near Middlesbrough in Yorkshire, at 17 years old he moved to Whitby by the coast working with a coal merchant. After 10 years he decided to join the Royal Navy, during which he learnt to survey and chart coastal waters in North America. He showed great talent and advanced rapidly through the ranks and at the age of 29 was made ship master. On his ship HMB Endeavour he commanded the first scientific expedition to the Pacific where he chartered New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. He is also known for preventing scurvy on his ships through proper sanitation and ventilation as well as a diet of cress, sauerkraut and orange extract.
Referred to as: Cook
DEP/DUA/1/13/08
-
Cook, James (Captain)
