Navigate the extensive explorations of Captain James Cook across the Pacific Ocean. Test your knowledge of his discoveries, scientific objectives, and the islands he charted.·0 takes
01·What was the name of the ship Captain Cook commanded on his first voyage to the Pacific?
02·The primary scientific purpose of Cook's first voyage was to observe the transit of which planet from Tahiti?
03·What name did Captain Cook give to the Hawaiian Islands upon first sighting them in 1778?
04·In which island group was Captain Cook killed in 1779 during his third voyage?
05·On his second voyage, Captain Cook's expedition became the first recorded to cross which major circle of latitude?
06·Captain Cook is famous for successfully preventing which common disease of sailors, largely through dietary supplements like sauerkraut?
07·During his first voyage, Cook meticulously charted the entire coastline of which landmass, proving it was a set of islands and not part of a southern continent?
08·How many major voyages of exploration to the Pacific Ocean did Captain Cook command?
09·Cook's first voyage was a joint venture between the British Admiralty and what scientific body?
10·A major objective of Cook's second voyage was to search for a vast, mythical southern continent known by what name?
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