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Captain Cook A Portrait Of A Humane and Resolute Navigator
An extract recalls Captain Cook as a tall, keen eyed leader with a calm stern air yet immense humanity. It praises his perseverance amid dangers, strength of constitution, and mastery of self under hardship while noting Congress opposes expeditions that risk imperial knowledge of the western coast and the Pacific.
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Congress
Captain Cook
America
Pacific Ocean
New Holland
South Pole