write a short note on james crook and his success fulvoyages
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Jamie Crooks (April 15, 1778 – March 2, 1860) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.
He was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1778 and came to Fort Niagara in 1791 where his half-brother, Francis, was operating as a merchant. In 1795, Francis, James and his brother William moved to Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake). The business expanded into supplying goods to the military, shipping, the production of beer and spirits and potash production. In 1811, they built their own schooner, the Lord Nelson.
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James cook was a British naval caption , navigator and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering strait and from the coasts of North America to New Zealand.