His name is synonymous with Whitby and he became a household name after embarking on voyages to New Zealand, Australia and North America in the 1700s.

Captain James Cook was the last explorer active during ... (Pic credit: Channel 5) Cook was the first European to chart New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. At the Natural History Museum ...

But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...

Colonisers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took the mountain from the tribes after British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont.