Staithes, North Yorkshire

Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles


Captain Cook was apprenticed to a grocer (or huckster) at Staithes, about 9 miles north-west of Whitby, in 1740 [1].


References (show)

  1. Blue Guide to Yorkshire

The Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles was created by David Singmaster.
The original site is at THIS LINK.