Nicholas Young (sailor)

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Nicholas Young was a sailor on Captain James Cook's ship in his first voyage. He was eleven years old when the ship left England on August 26, 1768. Nicholas Young sighted New Zealand on October 7, 1769. Captain James Cook named the place Young Nick's Head after Nick. Nicholas must have been well educated because he once wrote in John Bootie's journal,"Evil communications corrupt good" and signed his name below bravely.

Later Nick went on another voyage with Joseph Banks, a trip to Iceland in 1772.

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