Australasia+and+the+Pacific

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Terra Australis
Dutch, English and French explorers were discovering islands in the Pacific Ocean during the 17th century, in their quest for the great Terra Australis (Southern land). All the islands they disovered were inhabitated an aboriginal population.

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James Cook
James Cook was an English explorer who made 3 pacific voyages between 1768-1799. He sailed to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage. He traveled to the Easter Islands on his second voyage, and on the third voyage he saild north to Hawaii. He was later killed by an islander in Hawaii, because of an argument over a boat.