Captain James Cook

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Québec
Québec
Canada
Inscribed: 1985
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1759 - Participated In The Siege Of Quebec
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2003
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First Voyage 1766-71. Accompanied By The Botanists Joseph Banks And Herman Spöring Jr. The Discoveries They Made During This Voyage Played A Part On The Initiation Of The Colections At Kew And Banks Became The Second Director Of The Gardens
Great Barrier Reef
Inscribed: 1981
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June 11 1770 .. Ran Aground On The Reef And Badly Damaged "Endeavour". Took 7 Weeks To Repair
Rapa Nui
Inscribed: 1995
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Visited 1774 During His Second Voyage
Hawaii Volcanoes
Hawaii Volcanoes
United States of America
Inscribed: 1987
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First Recorded Visit By A European To The Islands.
Te Wahipounamu
Te Wahipounamu
New Zealand
Inscribed: 1986
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Doubtful Sound Named By Cook (Who Didn't Go Into It -Hence The Name). He Also Mapped The Rest Of The Coast But, Famously "Missed" Recognising Milford Sound
Maritime Greenwich
Maritime Greenwich
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1997
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533
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After His Second Voyage Cook "Retired" There
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Inscribed: 1996
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One Of Cook's Objectives On His 3rd Voyage Was To Investigate The Nw Passage From The Pacific. He Had Tried In 1778 But, Having Entered The Bering Sea, Was Forced Back By Ice To Winter In Hawaii - Where He Was Killed. The New Commander, Charles Clerke,(Who Had Been On All 3 Of Cook's Voyages)Continued The Exploration And The Journals Of "Captain Cook's Third Voyage" Record The Viewing Of A Major Eruption Of Avachinsky Volcano On 15 June 1779
See Www.Captaincooksociety.Com
Ujung Kulon National Park
Inscribed: 1991
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"Captain James Cook Is Known To Have Anchored Hms Endeavour On The South-Eastern Side Of Panaitan Island From 6-16 January 1771."
Taputapuātea
Inscribed: 2017
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Late In 18th Century, Europeans Made Contact With The Polynesians. Captain James Cook Was Brought To Taputapuātea By The Navigator-Priest Tupaia. Members Of Cook’S Crew Have Left Descriptions Of The Marae Complex (Ab Ev)
French Austral Lands and Seas
Inscribed: 2019
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Kerguelen Islands, In December 1776 During His Third Voyage (Wiki)
Gros Morne National Park
Inscribed: 1987
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"The Gros Morne Portion Of The Coast Was Mainly Surveyed In The Summer Of 1767. Cook Was Careful To Gather Local Place Names From People Living And Working Along The Shore; And It Is Thanks To Cook’S Maps That Many Of The Early Basque And French Names Have Survived." (Gros Morne Np, Michael Burzynski)
See Www.Heritage.Nf.Ca
Marquesas Islands
Inscribed: 2024
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"James Cook Made A Brief Stopover There In 1774, And In The Years That Followed The Archipelago Was Visited By Numerous Navigators." - Ab Evaluation
Moravian Church Settlements
Moravian Church Settlements
Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Inscribed: 2015
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Herrnhut: Today, The Ethnological Museum In Herrnhut Houses A Collection Of Around 5,500 Ethnographic Objects Gathered By Moravian Missionaries. Interestingly, This Collection Also Includes Some Objects That Originated From James Cook's Voyages In The Pacific. These Items Came To The Museum Through Moravian Networks.  
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Inscribed: 2000
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Georg Foster Sailed 1111 Days With James Cook As A Draughtsman. Afterwards, He Stayed At Wörlitz Castle And Contributed To The South Sea Collection Of Wörlitz
See Www.Gartenreich.De