Captain James Cook

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Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me" Captain James Cook FJ EXPLORERS 2023-11-08 #8968
On his third voyage in 1778, he reached the Hawaiian Islands & named them the Sandwich Islands, after one of his patrons James Cook $400 DJ EXPLORERS 2022-09-16 #8700
This captain discovered the Great Barrier Reef the hard way, by running the Endeavour onto it Captain James Cook DD $1,500 DJ EXPLORERS 2001-01-04 #3764
In 1770 this British sea captain nearly wrecked the Endeavour on the Great Barrier Reef Captain James Cook DD $1,500 DJ EXPLORERS 1997-12-01 #3051
In 1769 he set out on the Endeavour to find out if the Great South Land existed James Cook $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1996-06-06 #2724
William Bligh sailed with this explorer on his second voyage around the world Captain James Cook $600 DJ EXPLORERS 1995-11-20 #2581
On his third voyage between 1770 & 1780, he went past Unalaska & into the Arctic Circle James Cook $400 J EXPLORERS 1993-02-22 #1956
In 1768 he led an expedition to Tahiti, where astronomers studied the transit of Venus across the sun James Cook $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-11-19 #1889
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