Seaside village of Staithes

In the footsteps of Captain James Cook,RN

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June 25th 2009
Thursday 25th June In the footsteps of Captain James Cook RN We Kiwis should consider ourselves very lucky that Capt Cook spent time charting the waters of New Zealand and returning to England to tell of the country he had mapped and explored.If it hadn’t been Cook then who knows perhaps we would have been speaking and living some other European language and culture today!! We have both looked ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more