Captain Cook's Voyages: Route Map & Timeline

James Cook: 8 stops from 1768 to 1779, from Plymouth to Kealakekua Bay.

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Route and timeline

#	Year	Place	What happened
1	1768	Plymouth	Sails in the Endeavour to observe the transit of Venus in the South Pacific.
2	1769	Tahiti	Observes the transit of Venus.
3	1769	New Zealand	Circumnavigates and charts both islands of New Zealand.
4	1770	Botany Bay	Lands on Australia's east coast.
5	1770	Great Barrier Reef	The Endeavour strikes the reef and is repaired at today's Cooktown.
6	1774	Easter Island	Visits Rapa Nui on his second voyage.
7	1778	Hawaii	On his third voyage becomes the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands.
8	1779	Kealakekua Bay	Is killed in a clash with Hawaiians.

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Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.