Stock photography picture of Statue of Captain James Cook, West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK

AGGPG5 - Licenced Caption Statue of Captain James Cook, West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK Description On the top of the West Cliff over looking the entrance to Whitby harbour. British navigator 1728-1779, born Marton, Yorkshire. Surveyed the St Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Sailed the Endeavour to Tahiti 1768-1771, circumnavigated New Zealand and then Antarctica between 1772 and 1775. Killed by natives at Owhyhee, Hawaii 1779. Keywords English, seaside, town, sailor, explorer, exploration, cartographer, surveyor, map, chart, sea, nautical, seafaring, maritime, famous, copper, sculpture, monument, memorial, likeness, oxide, green, staining, verdigris, stone, plinth, River, Esk, harbor