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Illustrious Englishman Remembered Captain Cook in Bicentennial
Britain commemorates Captain James Cook 200 years after his death in Hawaii. Whitby schoolchildren lay flowers at his statue, Westminster Abbey holds a memorial service, and a major exhibition at the British Museum and Library traces his voyages. The piece notes his voyages, surveys, and impact on global exploration and Pacific peoples.
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London
Britain
James Cook
Hawaii
Whitby
England
Westminster Abbey
British Broadcasting Corp
Museum of Mankind
Cook
British Museum
British Library
Captain Cook
South Seas
United States
Canada
Australia
Austria
Vienna Ethnography Museum
Museum Fur Volkerkunde
Yorkshire
Royal Navy
France
North America
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
James Wolfe
Kealakekua Bay
Endeavour
Resolution
Pacific
David W. Waters
Jonathan King
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Antarctic
King