詹姆士·库克被其资助人休·帕利泽爵士形容为“这个国家或任何一个国家出现的最有才能和最有名的航海家”。库克在1728年出生于英国的马顿镇,父亲是一名出身低微的农场工人。库克后来成为国际知名的海军船长和探险家——这在18世纪是相当大的成就。詹姆斯·库克在惠特比库克船长的海员训练始于惠特比。他于1728年10月27日生于约克郡的马顿镇。他的父亲是苏格兰移民,也是一名农场工人。他准许詹姆斯在18岁时到运煤船上当学徒。 James Cook was described by his patron Sir Hugh Palize as “” the most talented and famous navigator to emerge in this country or in any country. " Born in Matton, England, in 1728, Cook was a low-born farm worker. Cook later became an internationally renowned captain and explorer of the navy - a considerable accomplishment of the eighteenth century. James Cook’s seafarer’s captain training at Whitby Cook started at Whitby. He was born in Marton, Yorkshire, on October 27, 1728. His father is a Scottish immigrant and a farm worker. He allowed James to be apprenticed to a coal carrier when he was 18 years old.