Cook Related Information
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Cook's Cove Walkway Tolaga Bay - New Zealand
The walkway is named after the Cove and the English sailor and explorer, Captain James Cook. He visited the area in 1769 as part of his circumnavigation of New Zealand. At that time the Tolaga Bay area had already been inhabited by Maori for many centuries. The main iwi (tribe) living at the Bay and using Cook's Cove for fishing and gathering other seafood was Te Aitanga a Hauiti.When James Cook first approached Tolaga Bay on the Endeavour he had already spent 2.5 weeks exploring the New Zealand coastline. He reached Poverty Bay in early October 1769 after a journey from Plymouth Sound, England, via Tahiti. Today this DOC walkway offers the opportunity to personally experience one of NZ's magical places.
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The Barque Endeavour Replica website.
In 1987 the Trustees of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) put forward the idea of building a full scale museum replica of Endeavour as the centrepiece of their floating collection. The plan was to construct an authentic replica of the 18th century vessel. Today Endeavour has been recreated to exacting standards and has sailed on her own voyage around the world. Here you can track the ships position as it voyages around the world, see live images from the shipcam, find out about Cook and his crew and details about the original ship and the replica's construction and operation.
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The National Maritime Museum - UK
The Museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea including maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch), cartography, manuscripts including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, time-keeping and astronomy (based at the Observatory), and in many other categories. It has the world's largest maritime historical reference library (100,000 volumes) including books dating back to the 15th century.
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National Maritime Museum Charts and Maps
These collections contain more than 100,000 sea charts and maps dating from the medieval period to the present day. They document the results of exploration and discovery and show how techniques of navigation and surveying developed. Many were owned by naval officers and politicians and were used to plan and record the events which have become maritime history. Nearly 500 charts and maps are available on this Collections online website and visitors to the site can zoom in to explore the finest details.
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Home Page of The Captain Cook Society
A Society for everyone interested in James Cook (1728-1779) with an international membership from countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. Membership is open to anyone interested in Captain James Cook, whether professionally or as a hobby. Your interests might be in animals, astronomy, birds, books, botany, coins, discovery, engravings, ethnography, exploration, family history, journals, magazines, medals, navigation, ships, stamps, wills, or zoology. The Society was formed in 1975 as the Captain Cook Study Unit and changed its name to the Captain Cook Society in 2001.
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The New Zealand James Cook Journal
A quarterly newsletter produced by and for members of the Captain Cook Study Unit (CCSU) who live in New Zealand.
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