Captain James Cook was a renowned British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer celebrated for his three voyages (1768-1779) to the Pacific and Southern Oceans. He led the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand's main islands and became the first European to reach Australia's eastern coastline and the Hawaiian Islands. Cook's expeditions significantly expanded European knowledge of the Pacific, contributing greatly to navigation, cartography, and scientific exploration.
In 1928, a U.S. coin, the Hawaii Sesquicentennial half-dollar, was minted with Cook's image for the 150th anniversary of his discovery of the islands.
In 1931, Kenneth Slessor's poem "Five Visions of Captain Cook" was published, marking a "most dramatic break-through" in Australian poetry.
In 1959, the Cooktown Re-enactment Association first performed a re-enactment of Cook's 1770 landing at the site of modern Cooktown, Australia.
In 1970, James Cook University, the first institution of higher education in North Queensland, Australia, opened in Townsville.
In 1976, a statue of James Cook was constructed in Victoria, BC, Canada.
In 1978, the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum opened at the site of his birth in Marton to mark the 250th anniversary of Cook's birth.
In 1992, Gananath Obeyesekere challenged Marshall Sahlins' view that Hawaiians deified Cook as an incarnation of Lono. This disagreement sparked the so-called Sahlins–Obeyesekere debate.
In 1993, the Bottle 'O Notes, a public artwork by Claes Oldenburg, was erected in Middlesbrough's Central Gardens.
In 2002, James Cook was placed at number 12 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
In 2003, James Cook University Hospital, a major teaching hospital, opened.
In 2006, the Royal Research Ship RRS James Cook was built to replace the RRS Charles Darwin.
In 2014, James Cook Railway Station opened, serving James Cook University Hospital.
The period from 2018 marked the 250th anniversary of Cook's first voyage of exploration, which led to widespread public debate about his legacy.
In July 2021, a statue of James Cook in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, was torn down during protests about the deaths of Indigenous residential school children in Canada.
In 2021, during the 250th anniversary of Cook's first voyage, memorials were vandalized, and there were calls for their removal due to alleged promotion of colonialist narratives.
In 2021, the statue of James Cook in Victoria, BC, Canada, was destroyed by protestors.
In 2023, the one hundred guinea gratuity Cook received in 1768 for commanding a scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean was equivalent to £17,004.
In January 2024, a statue of James Cook in St Kilda, Melbourne, was cut down in protest against colonialism, with a pledge to repair it.
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