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James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
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1768
8.25.1768
James Cook begins his first voyage.
8.26.1768
Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
1770
4.29.1770
James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
6.10.1770
Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
8.21.1770
James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
8.22.1770
James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.
1773
1.17.1773
Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
1776
7.11.1776
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1777
12.24.1777
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
1778
1.18.1778
James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
10.3.1778
British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
11.26.1778
In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1779
2.14.1779
James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1780
8.22.1780
James Cook's ship ''HMS Resolution'' returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).