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    James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain in the Royal Navy born in 1728. He became famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 to the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, and Australia. Cook died in 1779 in Hawaii from a stab wound received while trying to protect the Hawaiian king.

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    James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain in the Royal Navy born in 1728. He became famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 to the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, and Australia. Cook died in 1779 in Hawaii from a stab wound received while trying to protect the Hawaiian king.

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    James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain in the Royal Navy born in 1728. He became famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 to the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, and Australia. Cook died in 1779 in Hawaii from a stab wound received while trying to protect the Hawaiian king.

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    James Cook

    (1728-1779)

    James Cook, a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the


    British Royal Navy, was born on November 7th 1728, in Marton-in-Cleveland,
    United Kingdom. He became famous for his three voyages between 1768 and
    1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. His
    first assignment was aboard the collier Freelove, and he spent several years on
    this and various other coasters, sailing between the Tyne and London. As part of
    his apprenticeship, Cook applied himself to the study of algebra, geometry,
    trigonometry, navigation and astronomy—all skills he would need one day to
    command his own ship. After that, Cook began working on trading ships in
    the Baltic Sea. After passing his examinations in 1752, he soon progressed
    through the merchant navy ranks, starting with his promotion in that year
    to mate aboard the collier brig Friendship. In 1755, within a month of being
    offered command of this vessel, he volunteered for service in the Royal Navy,
    when Britain was re-arming for what was to become the Seven Years' War.
    He married Elizabeth Batts and had 6 children together: Nathaniel Cook, Hugh
    Cook, George Cook, Joseph Cook, James Cook, Elizabeth Cook. Cook has no
    direct descendants—all his children died before having children of their own.
    James Cook died on February 14th, 1779, in the Hawaiian Kingdom, because of
    a stab wound during a mission, trying to save the king.

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