Who is James Cook and what is he famous for?

James Cook is an English naval sailor, explorer, cartographer and discoverer. He led three expeditions to explore the oceans, all of which were around the world. During these expeditions, he made a number of geographical discoveries. He surveyed and mapped parts of Newfoundland and the east coast of Canada that were little known and rarely visited before. Australia, New Zealand, the west coast of North America, the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Thanks to the attention that Cook paid to cartography, many of the maps he compiled were unparalleled in their accuracy and accuracy for many decades and served mariners until the second half of the 19th century.