Captain Cook

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Captain CookISBN13:9781973836629ISBN10:1973836629Author:Henry Giles Kingston, William (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Among All Those Englishmen Who, From A Humble Origin, Have Risen To An Honourable Position, Captain James Cook Is Especially Worthy Of Record His Parents Were Of The Peasant Class-His Father Having Commenced Life As A Farm-Labourer, And His Mother Being A Cottager's Daughter Probably, However, They Were Both Superior To Others Of The Same Station, As The Husband, In Process Of Time, Became Farm-Bailiff To His Employer-A Mr Thomas Skottowe This Was About The Year 1730, And The Farm Of Which He Had The Management Was Called Airy-Holme, Near Ayton, In Yorkshire Not Far From This Place, At The Village Of Marton, Near Stockton-Upon-Tees; His Son James Was Born, On October 27, 1728 James Was One Of Nine Children, All Of Whom He Survived, With The Exception Of A Sister Who Married A Fisherman At Redcar The Father Of This Family Spent The Latter Years Of His Life With His Daughter At Redcar, And Was Supposed To Have Been About Eighty-Five Years Old At The Time Of His Death; So That He Must Have Had The Satisfaction Of Seeing His Son Rising In His Profession, Though Probably He Little Thought Of That Son As Establishing A Fame Which Would Be Handed Down In History Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-07-26Weight:0.68 lbsDimensions:0.48'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:228Language:English

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