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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK By: Lyn. JAMES COOK PICTURE FUN FACTS -- he was killed when he got stabbed and clubbed on the head. -- he was an 18 th century explorer.

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1 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK By: Lyn

2 JAMES COOK PICTURE

3 FUN FACTS -- he was killed when he got stabbed and clubbed on the head. -- he was an 18 th century explorer -- he was a navigator --

4 WHAT MOTIVATED JAMES COOK  He wanted to study the transitions of Venus then was ordered to try to find a southern continent

5 WHO HE WAS SPONSORED BY  He was sponsored by the Royal Geographic Society

6 WHAT DID HE ENCOUNTERED  Encountered means meet  He encountered the Hawaiians’ that killed him  He encountered and mapped the Island New Zealand

7 EASY BIB http://geography.about.com/cs/captaincook/a/jamescook.htm By Matt Rosenburg http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_ja mes.shtml By BBC History http://www.jamescook.cz/en/james-cook-and-his-expeditions/


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