2 Captain Cook

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  • Full name: James Cook
  • Born: 7 November 1728
  • Died: 14 February 1779
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James Cook made the first European contact with the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. His travels also took him to the Antarctic Circle and to Hawaii, where he was killed in 1779.