James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS RNwas a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth27 October 1728
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My foundation has owned the refuge in Ward County for over 20 years. They're asking us to divest something owned for about a quarter-century.
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I don't know how they could really make mines much safer than they are. What else can they really do.
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I think it would be nice to be able to talk directly to the surface.
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Perhaps the greatest difference among people is between those who never have to worry about money and those who do.
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Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.
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