ability to lead men in adverse conditions. During his third voyage in the Pacific, Cook encountered the Hawaiian islands in 1779. He was killed while...
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The Virtuous Island (redirect from Supplément au voyage de Cook)
of the play Supplément au voyage de Cook written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. Supplément au voyage de Cook was translated into English...
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The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first...
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A Trip to the Moon (redirect from Voyage to the Moon)
A Trip to the Moon (French: Le voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French science-fiction adventure trick film written, directed and produced by Georges Méliès...
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Omai (play) (redirect from Omai – A Voyage ‘round the World)
real visit of Omai to Europe in the 1770s and the final voyage of the explorer Captain James Cook leading up to his dramatic death in 1779. Its full name...
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Jérôme Lalande (redirect from Joseph de Lalande)
(1785) Abrégé de navigation (1793) Voyage d'un françois en Italie (1769), a valuable record of his travel in 1765–1766. Journal d'un voyage en Angleterre...
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Scarecrow Press. p. 148-149. ISBN 0810853957. "Voyage of Alvaro de Saavedra 1527-28". Filipiniana.net - The Premier Digital Library of the Internet. Retrieved...
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William Bligh (redirect from Second Breadfruit Voyage)
Captain James Cook (1728–1779), for the position of sailing master of Resolution and accompanied Cook in July 1776 on Cook's third voyage to the Pacific...
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Jacques Cartier (section First voyage (1534))
France, and his third voyage produced the first documented European attempt at settling North America since that of Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón in 1526–27. Cartier's...
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Alicia Keys (redirect from Alicia Augello-Cook)
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist,...
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