Captain James Cook, Stepney, London, UK
Posted by: Team Sieni
N 51° 30.584 W 000° 02.819
30U E 704912 N 5710646
A blue plaque commemorating the explorer and cartographer Captain James Cook who was a native of Shadwell.
Waymark Code: WMDH22
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/15/2012
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Captain James Cook is most famous for his mapping and exploration voyages in the Pacific undertaken on behalf of the Royal Navy, where he ultimately died in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians.
Cook was born in Upper Shadwell on Oct 7th 1728; hos son was baptised at St Paul's Church, Shadwell.
The plaque reads:
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
"The ablest and most renowned Navigator this or any country hath produced" lived in a house a few yards from this spot, 126, Upper Shadwell
1763-1765