Captain James Cook 
Do you know who James Cook is? James Cook is sensond British man who came and discovered New Zealand. He was a Navigator and also a Voyager. He charted New Zealand also known as Aotearoa on August 1769 and arrived in New Zealand on October 6 1769
Childhood and Family
Captain James Cook was born in Marton in Cleveland Yorkshire England on October 27 1728 and lived in Britain. When he was born, he wasn’t born into a rich family but instead he was born into a poor family. so when he was younger he didn’t have much .
Family
When james cook was born and while he was growing up he had 6 siblings 2 brothers and 4 Sister the 2 brothers names where John and William and his sisters names were Mary, Jane, Margret, Cristiana but James was the second oldest his mother and father's name was Grace Pace and James Cook was named after his father James Cook
What they did with their time in New Zealand
James cook navigated around New Zealand and the pacfic ocean and he was the second man to have sighted New Zealand on the 6 of october 1769 and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the country, and wrote about the Māori people. His first encounter with Māori was not successful – a fight broke out in which some Māori were killed
Last Voyage
James Cook's third and final voyage on 12 of july 1774-6 October 1780 and took the route from Plymouth via Cape Town and Tenerife to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.
Conclusion
James Cook died on February 14 1779 at the age of 50 he was a master voyager and also master navigator also navigating to New Zealand also known as Aotearoa. James Cook didn't have a very long life with voyaging and doing navagting everywhere. James cook was killed by men in Hawaii on February 14 1779 Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. Cook and his crew were welcomed by the Hawaiians, who were fascinated by the Europeans' ships and their use of iron. So they welcomed them in and killed them straight away to have their
boat all to them self
This week and last week we have been focusing on first encounters and my one was about James Cook and his first encounter this writing was really easy i hope you guys enjoy my writting that ive been doing.
