Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for James Cook across 3 places, from 1728 to 1778.
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Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where James Cook was documented, and when
7 November 1728exact date
North Riding of Yorkshireattested“James Cook was born on 7 November 1728 in the village of Marton, located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, approximately from the sea.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1736year
Great Aytonattested“In 1736, his family moved to Airey Holme farm at Great Ayton, where his father's employer, Thomas Skottowe, paid for Cook to attend a school run by a charitable foundation.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1778year
Hawaiiattested“In Hawaii, Cook's status as an akua (the Hawaiian version of atua) derived partly from the time and manner of his arrival during his second visit in late 1778.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
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1745year
Staithesmentioned“In 1745, when he was 16, Cook relocated to Staithes, a fishing village, to be apprenticed as a shopboy to grocer and haberdasher William Sanderson.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
17 June 1755exact date
Wappingmentioned“At the age of 26, Cook was offered a promotion to captain of Friendship, but he declined and instead joined the Royal Navy at Wapping on 17 June 1755.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1759year
Quebecmentioned“As Major-General James Wolfe's advance on Quebec progressed in 1759, Cook and other ships' masters took soundings, marked shoals, and updated chartsparticularly around Quebec.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
21 December 1762exact date
St Margaret's Church, Barkingmentioned“On 21 December 1762, Cook married Elizabeth Batts at St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
5 August 1766exact date
Newfoundland (island)mentioned“While in Newfoundland, Cook precisely recorded apparent (or local) time of the start and end of the solar eclipse of 5 August 1766.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1767year
Royal Societymentioned“The results were communicated to the Royal Society in 1767 and the longitude position obtained was used by Cook in his printed sailing directions for Newfoundland.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1768 to 1771period
South Pacificmentioned“Cook's first scientific voyage was a three-year expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, conducted from 1768 to 1771.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
13 April 1769exact date
Pacific Oceanmentioned“The ship continued westward across the Pacific, arriving at Tahiti on 13 April 1769, where the observations of the transit of Venus were made.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
13 April 1769exact date
Tahitimentioned“The ship continued westward across the Pacific, arriving at Tahiti on 13 April 1769, where the observations of the transit of Venus were made.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
January 1770month
Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranuimentioned“In January 1770, Cook arrived in Queen Charlotte Sound, on the north coast of New Zealand's South Island.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
1770year
Whitbymentioned“Resolution began her career as the North Sea collier Marquis of Granby, launched at Whitby in 1770.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
May 1770month
Bustard Baymentioned“They stopped at Bustard Bay in May 1770, then proceeded north through the shallow and extremely dangerous Great Barrier Reef.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
October 1770month
Batavia, Dutch East Indiesmentioned“In October 1770, Cook stopped in Batavia (modern Jakarta, Indonesia), where the Dutch dockyard facilities were used to inspect and repair the damage from running aground on the Great Barrier Reef.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
30 April 1771exact date
Cape of Good Hopementioned“After departing Batavia in late December 1770, the expedition sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, then to the island of Saint Helena, arriving on 30 April 1771.”source: Wikipedia: James Cook
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