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On This Day In History: James Cook – Navigator And Explorer – Killed On Feb 14, 1779

AncientPages.com | February 14, 2017

AncientPages.com - On February 14, 1779, James Cook was killed by a mob on the Sandwich Islands (now called Hawaii). At the time, he was trying to take

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On This Day In History: Captain James Cook Discovers Hawaiian Islands – On Jan 18, 1778

AncientPages.com | January 18, 2017

AncientPages.com - On January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook, the English explorer, became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands. He arrived on the Islands on his third