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crowd together Cook     Do you know who the worlds superlative explorers are? One of them is thetopic of this essay. This essay is about pile Cook. The heading of thisreport will be to answer the following question why do we remember James Cook?     James Cook was natural on October 27, 1728 in Marton, England. At the ageof 18 James Cook became an apprent nut with a shipping company. His firstvoyages he worked on ships that carried coal to English ports. In 1755,during the French - Indian war, Cook coupled the British navy. In 1759 he was granted a dangerous wartime mission. He was to enter French territory and surveythe St. Lawrence river for the British navy. The charts that he do during thisvoyage contributed to the capture of the French city of Quebec later in thatyear.     James Cook made three voyages to the Pacific. His first voyage, in 1768,the navy constitute Cook to lead an expedition to Tahiti. On the Ende avour theyleft in August and reached Tahiti in April of 1769. On the island scientistswatched the planet Venus pass betwixt the Earth and the Sun. This was the maingoal of this voyage but cook had been given secret orders to find an unbeknown(predicate)continent in the south pacific. He was told to find it because geographersbelieved that it kept the world in balance, however Cook was unable to find it.In October of 1769 Cook became the first European man to shout out New Zealand. InApril of 1770 the Endeavor sailed to Botany Bay on the east coast of Australia.Cook claimed the entire east coast of Australia for Great Britain. He returnedto England in July of 1771. During this voyage, from 1678 - 1771, Cook becamethe first ship captain to prevent an extravasation of scurvy. Cook had heard thatscurvy was caused by a lack of blank vegetables and fruits. To prevent anoutbreak he served his sailors fruit and sauerkraut. In July of 1772 Cook exercise setoff on his second voyage to the pacific. Cook had left England with the root and the Adventure. This expedition was Cooks second attempt to findthe unknown southern continent. During this voyage Cook sailed farther souththan any European had ever gone. Cook faced many dangers in the cold south-polarwaters. Jagged mountains and ice as high as 18 meters often blocked the way ofthe ships. High winds that pushed the icebergs towards the ships increased thedanger. Cook circled Antarctica but the ice kept him from sighting land.