Captain Cook Discovers the Ends of the Earth
Overview
Almost half the globe was a mystery before James Cook began his voyages. By the time he was finished, it was clear that there were no large landma...
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Captain James Cook
1728-1779
English Explorer
James Cook was one of the foremost figures of the so-called "Age of Exploration." During his career, Cook circumnavigated the globe twice, a...
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The Discovery of Australia and Tasmania Greatly Expands the British Empire
Overview
Long after the northern regions of the world were known and occupied, the Southern Hemisphere was still unexplored a...
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Cook, James (1728-1779)
English explorer
James Cook was one of the foremost figures of the Age of Exploration. During his career, Cook circumnavigated the globe twice, and captained three voyages of d...
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James Cook
Born 1728, Whitby, England Died February 14, 1779, Hawaiian Islands
James Cook was born in 1728 near Whitby in northern England, the son of a Scottish farm laborer. After working as a far...
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The English explorer, navigator, and cartographer James Cook (1728-1779) is famous for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and his accurate mapping of it, as well as for his application of scientific met...
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Question 1 of 10:The first monarch of the Georgian era,
George I, couldn't speak English.
True
FalseQuestion 2 of 10:
Britain
's first prime minister begin his tenure in 1721. But what was his na...
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A jury of 12 Norfolk Islanders was sworn in Monday for the tiny South Pacific island's first murder trial since it was settled 151 years ago by descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers.New Zealander...
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Washington (dpa) - The space shuttle Endeavour, scheduled to blast
off Wednesday on its 20th mission, is the youngest of NASA's three
still-active space shuttles. Endeavour ...
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Washington (dpa) - The US space shuttle Endeavour lifted off
Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida,
bound for the International Space Station.
...
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Washington (dpa) - US space shuttle Endeavour, scheduled to land
Tuesday to complete its 20th mission, is the youngest of NASA's three
still-active space shuttles.
...
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SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Ancient light-sensitive genes
may be the trigger for the annual mass spawning of corals
shortly after a full moon on the Great Barrier Reef, according
to a study by Aust...
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2007. There are 347 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the ...
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When it comes to protecting Australia's Great Barrier Reef, it is hard to beat the batfish. A study by researchers at the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies fou...
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British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep insid...
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Captain Cook Discovers the Ends of the Earth
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