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The British explorer and navigator, Captain James Cook, led three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean.
James Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, Yorkshire, England.
In 1768, the Royal Society of London, an organization of scientists, asked Cook to lead the first scientific expedition to the Pacific Ocean. It reached the southeastern coast of Australia in 1770. Cook named the continent New South Wales and claimed it for Great Britain. Between 1772 and 1775, Cook went around the world from west to east, seeking to discover another southern continent. Cook did not reach Antarctica, but he did become the first European to cross the Antarctic Circle. He also discovered and mapped many island groups. In 1776 Cook set out to find the Northwest Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. On his way back from the Arctic, Cook was killed by Hawaiians. He died on February 14, 1779.

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  • Date of birth
  • First voyage
  • Around the world
  • Last voyage
• События
  • 1428
  • 1768—1770
  • 1772—1775
  • 1776—1779
  • 1728
  • 1628
  • 1528
  • 1528—1570
  • 1628—1670
  • 1828—1870
  • 1572—1575
  • 1672—1675
  • 1872—1875
  • 1576—1579
  • 1676—1679
  • 1876—1879