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a james cook studied astronomy and charting so that he could travel the world and explore places that were unknown to man
b. james cook dreamed of making trade coser for europe, which he thought was possible by finding the water routes that connected the different
continents
oc. james cook became a national hero because he was the youngest person in the navy to become a captain and have his own ship.
d. james cook used his knowledge and experence of saling and mapping to explore many unknown parts of the world and become a national hero
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captain cook
captain james cook is known as one of the greatest navgators and explorers of
james cook was only 18 years old when he joined the b havy in 1705
and by 1758 he was the captain of his own ship as part of his service he traveled
to canada where he studied math charting geography and astronomy the senior
members in the royal navy wore impressed by cook's knowledge of astronomy and
made the leader of an astronomical expedition they were planning they
intended to observe when the planet venus passed between the sun and earth the
royal navyko instructed captain cook to search for an unknown continent or land
in the south
captain cook started his first voyage1768 when he sets for the pacific on
hos ship the endeavour captan cook first reached new zealand and he mapped
the band's coast he then add toward australia which was then known as new
how can cook and the crew members became the euroto map
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a lain 1770 he thened north sound arca and back to
england tontorm the royal navy that the unknown contrent they were looking for
in the south
in 1772 captain cook once again set sailin c h of the mysterious continentin
the south that the royal navy a believed exted herved through the pacific
ocean and even into the antarctic cucle and he was finally confident that the
southern continent did not east however the second voyage did not go to waste
he put many new previously unknown islands on the european maps and
discovered now socotos in the pacific
captain cook's final voyage took place in 1776 this time captain cook had a
plan of his own and he wanted to explore the northwest passage he bebeved that
the northwest pass was a possible shortcut from the arctic ocean that could
connect europe asia and amenda he beloved that this route could make trade
between the countries much quick captain cook explored the northern pacific
and mapped large parts of north america and alasks before retung due to the
presence of hugecebergs
cook a collected lots of samples of plants from new places and the recorded
the customs and the actions with native people became a national hero
because of ha v e determination to find unexplored land and routes
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