Why did Captain Cook map the circumference of our 63,000 mile Earth circumference, and took 3 years, and 8 days to do so while mapping, naming landmarks along the way, only to
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James Cook was tasked to search for the hypothetical Terra Australis continent, not just to circumnavigate Antarctica. In his voyage, he visited many islands in the southern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic
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Map of the World or General Description of the Globe with the Journeys and New Discoveries of Captain James Cook by G. M. Cassini – 1788 - Signum Firenze
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The Journals of Captain Cook (Penguin Classics): Cook, James R., Edwards, Philip: 9780140436471: Amazon.com: Books
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