Captain Cook Statue
Statue · Whitby, North Yorkshire
Depicts James Cook
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Plaque. Photo: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Where
Whitby, North YorkshireInscription
THIS PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT NAVIGATOR CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N. F.R.S. AND THE MEN WHO SAILED WITH HIM ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. "IN EVERY SITUATION HE STOOD UNRIVALLED AND ALONE; ON HIM ALL EYES WERE TURNED." UNVEILED BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND THE HONOURABLE W.L. YOUNG 2nd APRIL 1984
The names (2)
Every name, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.
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Captain James Cook R.N. F.R.S.
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK R.N. F.R.S.
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Captain Cook Statue (Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "CAPTAIN JAMES COOK R.N. F.R.S."; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2285/ : accessed 6 November 2026).
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The Honourable W. L. Young
THE HONOURABLE W.L. YOUNG
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Captain Cook Statue (Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 2, "THE HONOURABLE W.L. YOUNG"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2286/ : accessed 6 November 2026).
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About this memorial
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- John Tweed