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Cook, Captain James

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  1. An English explorer of the eighteenth century, known for his voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Cook visited New Zealand, established the first European colony in Australia, and was the first European to visit Hawaii. He also approached Antarctica and explored much of the western coast of North America.


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Cook, Captain James, his quest of a north-east passage from the Pacific, 45-9; his tragic death, 49-52.

From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Confession of sins, 189 Cook, Captain James, 1, 9, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61 n.2,

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer

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