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Captain James Cook  

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  • Captain James Cook was a navigator, explorer, and cartographer whose fame is essentially due to his travels to the Pacific Ocean. His origins were humble, and he achieved his success thanks to his passion and insatiable thirst for adventure. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Cook, Captain James (1728–1779)]

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