Comments on: The World’s Greatest Navigator

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:47:12 +0000

I hope you have fun, Amy.

By: Amy W.

Amy W. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:33:48 +0000

What an interesting life to have led. Thanks for that mini history lesson. I’ll catch you when we get back from vaca!

By: sabrina

sabrina — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:57:21 +0000

What a cool list! I love watching documentaries and I’ll have to catch this one for sure.

By: Gwen Mitchell

Gwen Mitchell — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:21:42 +0000

Wow! Thanks for the great history lesson, Shelley! I love educational TT’s. *g*

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:08:59 +0000

Susan, yes I found that amazing. She must have been a strong woman.

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:15:25 +0000

That is some majorly cool stuff, Shelley. I never knew any of it.

Imagine being together for only four years of your marriage, though. Wow. Just… incredible.

By: Tara Nichols

Tara Nichols — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:15:26 +0000

Now we need a romantic tale spun about him!

By: julia

julia — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:52:19 +0000

‘Many of his charts were in use until recent times and were very close to satellite images of the land masses.’

Doesn’t that freak you out? We learn about Cook over here in Canada, as must be obvious - and I always think about Cook and others like him who made such accurate maps without benefit of satellites. And how did anyone suspect there was such a thing as the Northwest Passage? Which there is - but it’s often sailed by icebreakers these days.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:23:07 +0000

I didn’t know much about Cook until I started watching this documentary. It’s really interesting. He was such an amazing man, coming from a farming family and going on to become elevated to a man of rank.

By: pussreboots

pussreboots — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:12:00 +0000

Great list. I need to learn more about Cook. You’ve piqued my interest!