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Captain Charles Clerke (22 August 1741 – 22 August 1779) was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on four voyages of exploration (including three circumnavigations), three with Captain James Cook. When Cook was killed during his 3rd expedition to the Pacific, Clerke took command but died later in the voyage from tuberculosis .
CLERKE (Clarke, Clerk), CHARLES, naval officer and explorer; b. 1741 at Weathersfield Hall (near Braintree), England; d. 22 Aug. 1779 on board the Discovery, near Avacha (Tar’ya) Bay, Kamchatka peninsula (U.S.S.R.). Charles Clerke, the son of a justice of the peace, entered the Royal Navy in 1755.
Capt Charles Clerke. primary name: primary name: Clerke, Charles. Details. individual; military/naval; British; Male. Life dates. 1741-1779. Biography. Friend of Captain James Cook (q.v.); joined Cook on all three voyages.
1 de feb. de 2007 · Since Phillips's testimony only survives as a statement recorded by Charles Clerke, who was suspected of being partial towards Williamson by several of the crew, it would be unwise to treat it as an unmediated substitute for Phillips's lost journal.
25 de oct. de 2016 · Clerke, Charles (1741–1779) – captain and an explorer of the Bering Sea, who sailed four voyages around the world. He was born in Essex, England. C.C. entered the Royal Navy at the age of 14 as a midshipman.
The will was made on 29 July 1776, on the day that Clerke managed to extricate himself from the debtors prison in London into which he had been taken as guarantor for his brother's debt (Sir John Clerke).
12 de abr. de 2024 · Other characters are more sharply drawn, among them the younger, voluble Charles Clerke, who captained the Discovery, the sister ship to the Resolution. Between them, the two vessels carried...
