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| The Cleveland Way footpath leading to Captain Cook's Monument. THis monument can be seen from miles around in Cleveland, and is a popular walk destination. For the inscription on the monument, see below. | ||
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The Inscription on Captain Cook's Monument;-
IN MEMORY OF
THE CELEBRATED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR
CAPT JAMES COOK F.R.S.
A MAN IN NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE INFERIOR TO NONE
IN REAL PRUDENCE AND ENERGY SUPERIOR TO MOST.
REGARDLESS OF DANGER HE OPENED AN INTERCOURSE
WITH THE FRIENDLY ISLES AND OTHER PARTS
OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
HE WAS BORN AT MARTON OCTOBER 27th 1728
AND MASSACRED ON OWYHEE FEB 14th 1779
TO THE INEXPRESSIBLE GRIEF OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
WHILE THE ART OF NAVIGATION SHALL BE CULTIVATED
AMONG MEN, WHILE THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE,
COMMERCE, AND PHILANTHROPY, SHALL ANIMATE
THE SONS OF BRITAIN, WHILE IT SHALL BE DEEMED
THE HONOUR OF A CHRISTIAN NATION TO SPREAD
CIVILISATION AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG PAGAN AND SAVAGE TRIBES
SO LONG WILL THE NAME OF CAPT COOK
STAND OUT AMONGST THE MOST CELEBRATED AND
MOST ADMIRED BENEFACTORS OF THE HUMAN RACE.
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AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR
AND ADMIRATION OF THAT GREAT MAN
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY
ROBERT CAMPION ESQ OF WHITBY, A D1827.
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BY THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNERS OF THE EASBY ESTATE
J J EMERSON ESQ IT WAS RESTORED IN 1885
BY THE READERS OF THE NORTH EASTERN DAILY GAZETTE
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