Cook, Captain James

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

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

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Cook, Captain James, 19, 64 n.,

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Cook, Captain James— In the ENDEAVOUR, landed at Botany Bay; carefully surveyed the east coast to Cape York, naming nearly all the principal capes and bays.

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