James Cook

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Born: 1728 Marton, near Middlesborough.
Died: 1779 Attacked and killed by natives in Hawaii.

Three expeditions:

First to observe the Transit of Venus in Tahiti

Subsequently also discovered New Zealand and Australia's East coast

Second and third carried K1

K1 was a copy of H4, the clock that John Harrison created to solve the Longitude Problem.
Initially sceptical, he came to call it 'my trusty friend the watch'.

Became a Fellow of the Royal Society.

One of the Famous People on this site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

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