Letter [manuscript] : Plymouth Sound, to George Perry, Victualling Office, London. 1772 July 11.

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Letter [manuscript] : Plymouth Sound, to George Perry, Victualling Office, London. 1772 July 11.

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Letter, re islands seen by Quiros and Schouten.

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Queirós, Pedro Fernandes de, -1615

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...

Schouten, Wooter, 1638-1704

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Perry, George C.

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