James Cook FRS was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
Height in meters and feet
James is an averagely tall person. He stands at a height of 5 feet and 11 inches, which is equivalent to 1.80 meters or 180 centimeters.
James was born on 7 November 1728 (NS) in the village of Marton in the North Riding of Yorkshire and was baptized on 14 November (N.S.) in the parish church of St Cuthbert, where his name can be seen in the church register.
James was the second of eight children of James Cook (1693–1779), a Scottish farm laborer from Ednam in Roxburghshire, and his locally born wife, Grace Pace (1702–1765), from Thornaby-on-Tees.
Weight in KG and ibs
With the above height, James Cook has a body mass proportional to his height. He weighs 90 kg which is equivalent to 199 lb.
In 1736, James’ family moved to Airey Holme farm at Great Ayton, where his father’s employer, Thomas Skottowe, paid for him to attend the local school. In 1741, after five years of schooling, he began work for his father, who had been promoted to farm manager. Despite not being formally educated he became capable in mathematics, astronomy, and charting by the time of his Endeavour voyage.
For leisure, he would climb a nearby hill, Roseberry Topping, enjoying the opportunity for solitude. Cooks’ Cottage, his parent’s last home, which he is likely to have visited, is now in Melbourne, Australia, having been moved from England and reassembled, brick by brick, in 1934.
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