Captain James Cook R.N.,F.R.S.

• observe the transit of Venus and discover New Zealand and the east coast of Australia
• look for the southern continent
• look for the Bering Strait but he was killed by natives en route.

Davis Backstaff used in Navigation

• an original hand-drawn map, signed and made by James Cook as a non-commissioned officer, when he surveyed the coast of Newfoundland
• an autograph letter written in 1772 from Great Ayton
• four pages of manuscript in the handwriting of James Cook forming the only known surviving part of the original draft of his "Journal" describing incidents on his voyage towards the south pole in 1773-74
• another page in his handwriting describing incidents on the 6th August 1774 when he visited a volcanic island inhabited by cannibals
• an autograph letter addressed to his former master and friend, John Walker of Whitby.
• models of "Resolution" and "Endeavour"

Model of the 'Endeavour' made by Graham Leech solely using matchsticks!

No visitor should come to Whitby without also visiting the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Grape Lane in Whitby.

To read more about Captain James Cook visit the Queensland Hotel website.