James Cook was born in England (1)......1728. His parents (2)........poor farm workers. (3)..........James was 18,he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked (4).............ships until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy. He fought (5).........Canada in a war against France. In 1768 King George III made him the capital of a ship and (6)..........him to the Pacific. He was gone (7)............nearly three years when he (8).........., he was a national hero.