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Little-Known Facts About Captain James Cook, England's Greatest Explorer

“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.”—Captain James Cook. Captain James Cook was a legendary explorer...

November 19, 2018 Henry Gomes


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