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BreakfastSaturday, 22 June, 2002, 06:16 GMT 07:16 UK
Captain Cook's cottage
the house where Captain Cook was brought up
picturesque, but hardly grand: this was once home to Captain Cook
He's credited with discovering the Eastern coast of Australia.

But, Captain Cook's origins, back in Britain, were considerably more humble.

The house where he was brought up, in North Yorkshire, is now up for sale. And, even though it's a working farm with sitting tenants, it's provoking a great deal of interest.

Captain Cook's home was on the old coast road in Great Ayton. It was from the hills nearby that he got his first sight of the sea.


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