James Cook’s expeditions ____.
A) establish an English settlement on Kamchatka peninsula
B) proved that a “northwest” passage did exist
C) provide more knowledge of the Alaskan coast
D) brought England into the lucrative Australian-North American fur trade
Answer is C) provide more knowledge of the Alaskan coast
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