James Cook
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"James Cook", Royal Society/FRS, Royal Navy/RN was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland (island)/Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec City/Quebec. This helped bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment in both Cook's career and the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HMS Endeavour/HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.

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It was very shocking and outrageous, ... It put us in shock that someone could just change the warranty deed without our acknowledgement.

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It's not a pleasant feeling by any means. Last year it was tough just to try to get up for games, to get any kind of motivation going. But if you keep thinking about it and thinking about it, it starts to get to you, and that's a bad thing. You just have to keep your mind focused on your job and what you have to do to help your team win. Eventually, we'll get one.

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Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

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We didn't have any idea of what was going on. We had no idea.

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Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

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We were in disbelief that someone would be that ignorant to do something so flagrant in violation of the law.

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That game was so important to us that guys were down for a couple of days, ... Really, it was a big momentum-changer for us around here. But we've had to suck it up this week. We needed that game, and not playing well hurt us.

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I don't know how they could really make mines much safer than they are. What else can they really do.

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I think it would be nice to be able to talk directly to the surface.

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