Iacobus Cōc

Biliþ Cōces Stēormenn gedōn ymbe þæt 1775 gēar fram Nathanial Dance

Iacobus Cōc (on Nīƿenglisce hātte James Cook) ƿæs grēat Bryttisc onfindend and ƿegscētƿrītend þe endlīce ƿearþ Hēafodmann þæs Cyninglican Scipheres. Iacobus ƿæs se forma mann tō ƿrītenne Nīƿgefundenland on landscēte ætforan hē arāsode þone Sericus Gārsecg on þrim sǣfōrum under þǣm þe hē dyde þā forman Europaniscan sprecunge ƿiþ þā ǣrbūendas ēasternre Australie and þāra Haƿaiiīega; hē ēac dyde þā forman sǣbefōre be Nīƿum Sǣlande þe is gecūþ on stǣre.

Þā Cōcīega, Cōcīeg on þǣm Sūþsandƿicīeglandum, and sēo Cōcnearu on Nīƿum Sǣlande sind æfter him gehāten.

Hē cƿæl on feohte ƿiþ sume Haƿaiisce menn on under his þriddan arāsiendan sǣfōre on þǣm Sericus Gārsecge on þǣm 1779 gēare.

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