Captain Cook Statue (Whitby)
The Captain Cook Statue stands on the West Cliff of the historic Yorkshire seaport and resort of Whitby.
It stands not far from the famous Whalebone.
Captain James Cook, who has been described as the greatest explorer in the history of the British Empire, was born in 1728 at Marton, near Middlesbrough, and lived for a while at Staithes, before becoming apprenticed to John Walker, a seafaring man at Whitby.
The house in Grape Lane is now open to the public as the Captain Cook Museum.
He also lived for a while at Wapping, in the East End of London.
Four Whitby-built ships, the "Endeavour", "Resolution", "Adventure" and "Discovery", were particularly associated with this great mariner.
Early in his career he showed his skills as a navigator by piloting the force that took Quebec.
Cook's great achievements included surveying New Zealand and the East coast of Australia. He also completed the first voyage around Antarctica.
James Cook was murdered in 1779 on Hawaii.