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james cook was from |
great britain |
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he was a veteran of the |
seven years war |
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and is best known for the voyages he took in the |
pacific ocean |
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in the late |
17th century |
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cooked mapped the coastlines of these two places and introduced this animal |
australia and new zealand sheep |
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briefly describe the 2 myths that were dispelled through cooks voyages |
continent of Terra Australis and Northwest passage |
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what was the greatest impact of cooks voyages back in europe |
first european to describe Hawaii and keep crew members scurvy free and gave way to europes fascination with science |
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what is john green referring to when he says "white mans burden"? identify the source to which he refers and discuss the broader meaning behind this term |
the poem written by kipling (joke/not joke) that it was their unfortunate duty to extract massive wealth from the rest of the world |
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describe briefly the contrasting opinions regarding cooks death in hawaii |
whether it was due to a hawiian ritual or that the natives were mad that cook captured their king/chief |
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what did cook introduce to hawaii |
gonorrea |
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summarize the argument regarding the POV that John Green makes at the end regarding the death of Captain Cook in Hawaii or anything else for that matter |
that most sources are European and even the hawiian sources were heavily influenced by Europeans |
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penal colony |
settlement used to exile prisoners separating them from the general population by placing them in a remote territory |
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scurvy |
disease caused by the lack of vitamin C causing the opening of wounds and the collection of blood beneath the skin affecting mostly sailors of malnutrition |
