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Article: Captain Cook's final voyage.(in search of Northwest Passage)
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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WHEN JAMES COOK returned from his second voyage, he was given a hero's welcome. The voyage had been rewarding, but Cook was pleased to return to his wife and children. After long years at sea, Cook considered retiring from life as an explorer and enjoying the comfort of a home and family. He was offered, and he accepted, the well-paying job of director of the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich, near London.
It was not long, however, before Cook found this new work boring in comparison with sailing the world. It became even less interesting when he learned the British Admiralty was planning a new voyage of exploration. The goal was to find the elusive Northwest ...