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Cook’s third voyage (1776-80)(now as a post-captain and member of the Royal Society) was part of a new effort to find the [[Northwest Passage]]; a navigable route between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] oceans across the top of [[Canada]]. Whilst others tackled it from the east, Cook, again in the ''Resolution'' accompanied by HMS ''Discovery'' under Captain Charles Clerke, sailed via [[Cape of Good Hope]], Tasmania and Tahiti for the north Pacific, becoming the [[European]] discoverer of [[Hawaii]]. He explored and charted the north Pacific coasts of North America and [[Siberia]], attempting to push up into the Bering Sea, but failing because of ice. He returned to Hawaii for rest and repairs but got into a fight with the local Hawaiians, and at Kealakekua Bay on 14th February 1779 was killed by them.  

Cook’s third voyage (1776-80)(now as a post-captain and member of the Royal Society) was part of a new effort to find the [[Northwest Passage]]; a navigable route between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] oceans across the top of [[Canada]]. Whilst others tackled it from the east, Cook, again in the ''Resolution'' accompanied by HMS ''Discovery'' under Captain Charles Clerke, sailed via [[Cape of Good Hope]], Tasmania and Tahiti for the north Pacific, becoming the [[European]] discoverer of [[Hawaii]]. He explored and charted the north Pacific coasts of North America and [[Siberia]], attempting to push up into the Bering Sea, but failing because of ice. He returned to Hawaii for rest and repairs but got into a fight with the local Hawaiians, and at Kealakekua Bay on 14th February 1779 was killed by them.  

Cook was the consummate “discoverer” in that he was an explorer, navigator, surveyor, cartographer, scientist and leader of men. He was the first to realise the importance of hygiene and diet on board, and whilst his men would grumble at this, it kept them alive on the tiny vessels they were on for months. ("Endeavour" was less than half again as long as Columbus’ "Santa Maria"). His three great voyages to the [[South Seas]] were predominately for scientific reasons and the pursuit of knowledge and his discoveries were shared with the world; even if they enabled Britain to replace the loss of one empire with another.

Cook was the consummate “discoverer” in that he was an explorer, navigator, surveyor, cartographer, scientist, vintner and leader of men. He was the first to realise the importance of hygiene and diet on board, and whilst his men would grumble at this, it kept them alive on the tiny vessels they were on for months. ("Endeavour" was less than half again as long as Columbus’ "Santa Maria"). His three great voyages to the [[South Seas]] were predominately for scientific reasons and the pursuit of knowledge and his discoveries were shared with the world; even if they enabled Britain to replace the loss of one empire with another.

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