1779, English explorer Captain James Cook attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii, after the native Hawaiians...
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Death of Cook is the name of several paintings depicting the 1779 death of the first European visitor to the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook at Kealakekua...
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for merging. › James Dalvin Cook (born September 25, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football...
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The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 is an oil-on-canvas painting by the German British artist Johann Zoffany. The painting, which records...
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Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three...
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James Cook's third and final voyage (12 July 1776 – 4 October 1780) took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to New Zealand and the Hawaiian...
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Elizabeth Cook (née Batts; 4 February 1742 – 13 May 1835) was the wife, and, for more than 50 years, widow, of Captain James Cook. Elizabeth Batts was...
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The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771...
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Timothy Donald Cook (born November 1, 1960) is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Cook had previously...
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for merging. › Dalvin James Cook (born August 10, 1995) is an American professional football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football...
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William Everett Cook (1921 – July 1964), was a western writer who used the pen names Will Cook, James Keene, Wade Everett and Frank Peace. Called "a master...
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The second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, was designed to circumnavigate...
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co-presenting Saturday Night Live in the United States. From 1978 until his death in 1995, Cook no longer collaborated with Moore, apart from a few cameo appearances...
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Lascar (category History of European colonialism)
ships. After the death of James Cook in Hawaii, HMS Resolution sailed to Macau with her cargo of furs from the north-west coast of North America. The...
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The Cook Islands (Rarotongan: Kūki ‘Airani; Penrhyn: Kūki Airani) is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists...
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cause of death, and noted that she had "apparently been in good health an hour before her body was found." Her obituary does not mention William Cook Sr...
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Arthur James Cook (22 November 1883 – 2 November 1931) was a British trade union leader who was General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain...
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Sam Cooke (redirect from Death of Sam Cooke)
eight children of Rev. Charles Cook, a Baptist minister in the Church of Christ (Holiness), and the former Annie Mae Carroll. One of his younger brothers...
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Kerry Max Cook (born 1956) is an American former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 21-year-old...
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The Life and Death of Captain Cook is a 1888 Australian play by John Perry presented by Alfred Dampier to celebrate Australia's centenary. The play won...
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John Beaglehole (category 1971 deaths)
achievement was the editing of James Cook's three journals of exploration, together with the writing of an acclaimed biography of Cook, published posthumously...
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James Cook Ayer (May 5, 1818 – July 3, 1878) was the wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day. James Cook Ayer was born in Groton, Connecticut...
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Marton, Middlesbrough (redirect from Captain Cook primary school)
population of 5,305. The explorer, cartographer and navigator, Captain James Cook was born to James and Grace Cook, in a clay-built cottage in the village of Marton...
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James Richard Cook (1944 – January 13, 2022) was an American author of novels and stories. James Richard Cook was born in 1944. In 1988, Cook was living...
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Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. According to Bill Georgaris of They...
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great-great-grandson Thomas Cook. It was sculpted by James Butler RA. He was awarded the Serbian Order of Saint Sava. Thomas Cook acquired business premises...
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Tu'i Malila (category 1966 animal deaths)
16 May 1966) was a tortoise that Captain James Cook was traditionally said to have given to the royal family of Tonga. She was a female radiated tortoise...
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pp. 128, 147; Cook, p. 202. Aronson, p. 147; Cook, p. 191. Cook, pp. 192–194. Cook, pp. 204–205, 211–212. Cook, p. 205. Cook, p. 207. Cook, pp. 205–208;...
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James B. Cook was an English-trained architect who worked in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1800s. He was born in England and educated at King's College and...
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Lawrence Brewer, A Tale Of Two Executions". Huffington Post. MANNY FERNANDEZ (September 22, 2011). "Texas Death Row Kitchen Cooks Its Last 'Last Meal'"...
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