, and proposed that the ice could be connected to a landmass that no one has discovered yet. Even though he never reached this continent he did successfully circumnavigate the world and he was actually the first to circumnavigate the world at such high latitudes. Once again Cook left England in 1776 and sailed again in the Resolution but added a new ship the Discovery, and on this trip he discovered the Cook Islands, Christmas Island as well as some of the smaller islands of Hawaii. The main point of this trip was to discover the Northwest Passage around Canada and Alaska or a Northeast Passage above Siberia. He was unsuccessful in finding either the Northwest or the Northeast Passage but he did chart the west coast of North America. Cook then retraced his steps back to Hawaii where he loaded up again on supplies, but had gotten into a confrontation with the natives and was killed.James Cook was not just an explorer, but he had so many other amazing accomplishments, many of which were the sprouts of a new science of Oceanography. “He and scientists aboard his ships took samples of marine life, as well as land plants and animals, the ocean floor, and geological formations: they also reported their characteristics in logbooks and journals.” While at sea he mapped his navigated routes. These maps were even used in World War II during invasions of the pacific islands. James Cook was a pioneer of a science that didn’t have a name until after his death, but his contributions to it will live on forever....
