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Person
Authorized form of name
Cook, Captain James
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Description area
Dates of existence
b. 1728 - d. 1779
History
Captain Cook was a noted British Naval officer who excelled as an explorer, cartographer, and navigator. He was on the northwest coast of North American from 1778 to 1779.