James Cook

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James Cook
James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain

Farm boy from Yorkshire. Mapped more coastline than any man alive. My ambition leads me farther than any other man has been before.

James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain·1774·Private Diary, 30 January 1774

I whose ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain·1770·Attributed

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain·1774·Journal of the Second Voyage

I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go.

James Cook

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for man to go.

James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain·1772·Letter before the Second Voyage

In prosecuting these discoveries, the dangers we are exposed to are obvious, but I rejoice that we are chosen to confront them.

James Cook
@EndeavourCaptain·1770·Journal of the First Voyage

The world will hardly admit of an excuse for a man leaving a coast unexplored he has once discovered.