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1728 – 1779James Cook (1728-1779)Died 14 February 1779, aged 50James Cook was a British naval captain, explorer and cartographer whose three Pacific voyages charted New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and much of the Pacific. He was killed in a confrontation with Hawaiians at Kealakekua Bay during his third voyage. His surveys transformed European knowledge of the Pacific.