James Cook United Kingdom. A nearby town is named Captain Cook, Hawaii; several Hawaiian businesses also carry his name. The Apollo 15 Command/Service Module "Endeavour" was named after Cook's ship, , as was the . Another shuttle, "Discovery", was named after Cook's . The first institution of higher education in North Queensland, Australia was named after him, with James Cook University opening in Townsville in 1970. Numerous institutions, landmarks and place names reflect the importance of Cook's contributions, including the Cook Islands, the Cook Strait, Cook Inlet, and the Cook crater on the Moon. Aoraki/Mount Cook, the highest summit in New Zealand,
Five Visions of Captain Cook Five Visions of Captain Cook "Five Visions of Captain Cook" (1931) is a poem by Australian poet Kenneth Slessor. It was originally published in the author's collection "Trio : A Book of Poems", and later appeared in numerous poetry anthologies. The poem "builds the character of Captain James Cook from the reactions of those who sailed with him on his three major voyages." In the essay "Kenneth Slessor : An Essay in Interpretation" (1997) A. K. Thompson noted: "The more carefully we read Cook's Journals the more impressive and convincing Slessor's reconstruction becomes and also the more unlikely it appears