Who was the captain of Joseph Banks' first great voyage?
Christopher Columbus
Francis Drake
James Cook
Henry Hudson
Answer
James Cook was a British explorer and navigator who is best known for his three voyages to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. Cook was the first European to explore and map the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands. He also made important scientific discoveries, such as the fact that New Zealand was not part of a continent and that Antarctica was a continent.
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