Question 6.
Captain James Cook discovered
(a) New Zealand
(b) Society Islands
(C) Canada
(d) North and South Islands
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James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour. He later disproved the existence of Terra Australis, a fabled southern continent.
Born: October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland
Died: February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay
Profession: Navigator
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He found no trace of Terra Australis, though he sailed beyond latitude 70° S in the Antarctic, but he successfully completed the first west–east circumnavigation in high latitudes, charted Tonga and Easter Island during the winters, and discovered New Caledonia in the Pacific and the South Sandwich Islands and South ...
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