A wall plaque of Voyager and discoverer Captain James Cook RN (Royal Navy) served his grocer’s apprenticeship in a local grocery shop in Church Street

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A wall plaque of Voyager and discoverer Captain James Cook RN (Royal Navy) served his grocer’s apprenticeship in a local grocery shop in Church Street, Staithes, a small centuries-old fishing port facing the north sea on the Northeast coast of Britain. It was here that young James soon expressed an interest in the sea.

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Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: Staithes, North Yorkshire, Britain
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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