Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Cook NPG D20302

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Basire, published by William Strahan, and published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after William Hodges

The son of a Yorkshire labourer, Captain Cook honed his navigation skills on small trading boats sailing from Whitby. Described as 'a good mathematician and very expert in his business', he was chosen to command the Royal Navy ship the Endeavour in 1768, despite being a lower-ranking officer. This was the first of three important voyages of discovery to the Pacific - charting land, sea and stars. He is most famous for charting the coasts of New Zealand, the Pacific coast of North America and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.