Captain James Cook

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Captain James Cook':

  • Great Barrier Reef June 11 1770 – ran aground on the reef and badly damaged “Endeavour”. Took 7 weeks to repair
  • Hawaii Volcanoes First recorded visit by a European to the Islands.
  • Kew Gardens First voyage 1766-71. Accompanied by the botanists Joseph Banks and Herman Spöring Jr. The discoveries they made during this voyage played a part on the initiation of the colections at Kew and Banks became the second Director of the Gardens
  • Maritime Greenwich After his second voyage Cook "Retired" there
  • Québec 1759 – participated in the siege of Quebec
  • Rapa Nui Visited 1774 during his second voyage
  • Te Wahipounamu Doubtful Sound named by Cook (who didn’t go into it -hence the name). He also mapped the rest of the coast but, famously “missed” recognising Milford Sound