Captain James Cook

Historical marker location:

, Anchorage, Alaska

( Marker can be reached from L Street.)

Marker installed: 1976

R.N., F.R.S.. Navigator, Explorer, Chartmaker, Scientist, Humanist / 1728 1779

Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics.