James Cook (1)_________ born in England (2)__________ 1728. His parents (3)__________ poor farm workers. (4)__________ James was 18, he found a job (5)__________ a coastal ship. He worked (6)__________ ships until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy. He fought (7)__________ Canada in a war against France. In 1768 King George III made him the captain of a ship and (8)__________ him to the Pacific. He was gone (9)__________ nearly three years when he (10)__________, he was a national hero.