Antarctic Explorers: James Cook - Biography of the explorer with details of his Southern Ocean voyages. Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby - Captain Cook Memorial Museum located in John Walkers's House, Whitby, where James Cook served his seaman's apprentiship, important collection of original pictures, manuscripts and artefacts from Cook's life and voyages. The First British Ship on the NW Coast of America - On Monday, March 30th 1778, Captain James Cook, and his crew sailed his ship Discovery for the first time into Nootka Harbor. Captain Cook Society - "A society for everyone interested in James Cook." Publications, articles, biography, and related links. James Cook: Celebrated North Country Explorer - The life of Captain Cook and his contemporaries as represented by the collections of the British Library, the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, and other institutions. Captain James Cook: The World's Explorer - Biographical essay, several images, Cook bibliography and links, news, and discussion forum. James Cook 1728-1779 - Essay from The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Biography vol.1 (1990).