Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer. He is renowned for leading three significant voyages of exploration in the Pacific and Southern Oceans from 1768 to 1779. Cook completed the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand's main islands and was the first European to make contact with the eastern coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. His explorations significantly expanded European knowledge of these regions.
Since 1959, there has been an annual re-enactment of Cook's 1770 landing near modern Cooktown, supported by the local Guugu Yimithirr people. The reenactments celebrate an act of reconciliation where a local elder presented Cook with a broken-tipped spear as a peace offering, following a conflict over sharing green turtles.
In 2006, the Royal Research Ship RRS James Cook was built to serve in the UK's Royal Research Fleet.
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