The routes of his 3 journeys never cease to amaze me: https://www.maas.museum/observations/2012/04/17/cooks-three-voyages-of-exploration/ https://www.maas.muse

The routes of his 3 journeys never cease to amaze me: https://www.maas.museum/observations/2012/04/17/cooks-three-voyages-of-exploration/ https://www.maas.museum/observations/2012/04/17/cooks-three-... Longitude was from astronomical observations and quite inaccurate, they had little knowledge about the prevailing currents and winds and they we’re doing huge passages away from land. Often having no or little proof that they’d find land they were aiming for.