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His second-in-command was Charles Clerke aboard the DISCOVERY. The purpose of the expedition was to search for the North-West passage thought to have an outlet somewhere on the west coast of North America. The expedition was also tasked with returning the Polynesian Omai to Huahine after his two year sojourn in England.
1 de feb. de 2007 · We have travelled a long way from our original question of what James Burney and Charles Clerke saw through their telescopes, but we have come closer to finding the right keys to unlock the seemingly irreconcilable details found in the journals, keys that once found may allow us to get closer to what drove those men who sailed with James Cook and then relentlessly wrote and argued about what ...
Charles Clerke was a captain of the Discovery, one of the ships that accompanied Cook on his three voyages of exploration. He wrote his first will in 1776, before sailing to the Pacific. Find out what he left to his family, friends and fellow sailors in this document from the Captain Cook Society.
Charles Carr Clerke (December 30, 1798 – December 24, 1877) was Archdeacon of Oxford from March 9, 1830, until his death. He also served as rector of Milton, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire) from 1836 to 1875, Canon of Christ Church from 1845 until his death, and Sub-Dean of Christ Church from 1853 until his death.
Hace 1 día · Charles Clerke (1743-1779) joined the navy in 1755 and sailed on HMS Dolphin, commanded by Commodore John Byron, on its voyage round the world in 1764-1766. In 1768-1771 he was master's mate on HMS Endeavour on the first Pacific voyage of Lieutenant James Cook.
The Clerke Baronetcy, of Launde Abbey in the County of Leicester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 June 1661 for Clement Clerke, an entrepreneur and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. He was a descendant of Robert Clerke, brother of Sir John Clerke (died 1539), ancestor of the Clerke baronets of Hitcham.
Charles Clerke. Captain Charles Clerke, von Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1776. Charles Clerke (* 22. August 1741 in Wethersfield, Essex, England; † 22. August 1779 auf See vor Kamtschatka, Russland) war ein britischer Seefahrer und Begleiter von John Byron und James Cook auf ihren Entdeckungsreisen in die Südsee. Charles Clerke wurde auf einer ...
