Captain James Cook
- IMDb link: 0129669
- IMDb rating: 8.1 (360 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Biography, History
- Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
- Cast: Keith Michell, Jacques Penot, John Gregg, Erich Hallhuber and others
- Release date: 16 Apr 1988
- Release year: 1988
- Runtime: 480 minutes
- Country: Australia, West Germany, France, Spain
- Keywords: character name as series title, captain james cook character, three word series title, eating a dog, voyage, tv mini series, exploration, sea, voyage of discovery, sea voyage
Plot:
Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus), that Captain Cook discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia as a future British colony.