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Captain James Cook's Pacific Voyages: Multiple Choice
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- 01The primary scientific purpose of Cook's first voyage was to observe the transit of which planet from Tahiti?
- 02A major objective of Cook's second voyage was to search for a vast, mythical southern continent known by what name?
- 03What was the name of the ship Captain Cook commanded on his first voyage to the Pacific?
- 04What name did Captain Cook give to the Hawaiian Islands upon first sighting them in 1778?
- 05Cook's first voyage was a joint venture between the British Admiralty and what scientific body?
- 06On his second voyage, Captain Cook's expedition became the first recorded to cross which major circle of latitude?
- 07In which island group was Captain Cook killed in 1779 during his third voyage?
- 08How many major voyages of exploration to the Pacific Ocean did Captain Cook command?
- 09During his first voyage, Cook meticulously charted the entire coastline of which landmass, proving it was a set of islands and not part of a southern continent?
- 10Captain Cook is famous for successfully preventing which common disease of sailors, largely through dietary supplements like sauerkraut?