Captain Cook Memorial Museum arms round the great man, she cried "Oh honey James! How glad I is to see thee!" Investigations carried out in 2001 revealed: The acquisition of Walker’s House by the Cook Museum Trust enabled the Trust to establish a museum in Whitby dedicated to the celebration of the life of Captain Cook and the scientists, artists and crews who sailed with him. The collections comprise original letters about the Voyages including correspondence of Cook, Lord Sandwich, Sir Joseph Banks and the Forsters, paintings and drawings by the artists who went with Cook to the Pacific, including Parkinson, Hodges, and Webber,
Governance in 18th-century piracy and gunpowder up to the deck. Pirate articles were based on the "chasse-partie" created on buccaneer ships in the 17th century. The "chasse-partie" determined the division of plunder among the crew as well as other rules. 18th-century pirates built upon this concept and created their own version of "Articles of Agreement." Before setting out on their expedition, pirates wrote their articles alongside the election of a captain or quartermaster. The articles needed the consent of every crew member, and “all [pirates] swore to ‘em” sometimes on a Bible or whatever was at hand. During the election of a new captain,