Captain Cook's instant fame came from
a. claiming Tahiti as a British territory.
b. surviving a three-year journey at sea.
c. being one of the few men of the time who had sailed around the world.
d. bringing back several indigenous people from Tahiti.
e. the riches he found on his three-year journey.
c
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