Captain Cook (3)
Palm House, Sefton Park
Picture
taken on Saturday 22nd March 2006, donated by Jonathan P. Neill
Inscription:
CAPTAIN COOK
BORN IN CLEVELAND FEBY 1828
KILLED BY SOUTH SEA ISLANDER FEBY 1879
"THE EXPLORER OF AUSTRALIA"
CONSTANTLY AT SEA FROM HIS
YOUTH, HE PASSED THROUGH ALL THE
STATIONS BELONGING TO A SEAMAN
FROM AN APPRENTICE BOY IN THE
COAL TRADE TO A POST CAPTAIN IN
THE BRITISH NAVY
