List some of the major achievements of Captain James Cook
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Captain James Cook (1728-1779 ) was a British navigator and explorer who undertook three voyages of scientific discovery from 1768-1779. Cook explored the Southern Ocean around Antarctica in an attempt to find the continent. He also extensively explored the Pacific Ocean and mapped previously unknown island groups, including Hawaii. Cook initiated systematic sampling of subsurface water temperatures, measured winds and currents, and took soundings of bottom depths. Cook also used John Harrison's chronometer as a means of determining longitude at sea.
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a. True b. False
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