Tag: Whitby
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May 15, 2025 – Whitby, England
There are many things to do in Whitby. One is to visit the Captain James Cook Museum. It’s in the house by the harbor where Cook stayed as an apprentice seaman. Cook put a lot of places on the map in the late 1700s. The ruins of the Whitby Abbey at the top of the…
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May 14, 2025 – York to Whitby, England
Took a couple of trains to Whitby on the North Sea coast, three hours from York. This little town was where Captain James Cook, the great English explorer, apprenticed as a seaman. He was from Marton which isn’t far from here. Cook put a lot of Pacific Ocean lands on the map. He was the…
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