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Cook, James

Navigator who led the first European expedition to visit Botany Bay in 1770, after observing the transit of Venus near Tahiti.

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Born
Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
27 Oct 1728
Died
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
14 Feb 1779
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Captain Cook
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