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Explorers
FRENCH EXPLORERS
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
• set up settlement on Falkland Islands• Also claimed Tahiti
• Brought two important people with him:1. A naturalist – classified the plants and
animals they discovered2. An astronomer – work out new ways to
determine longitude
• Believed in concept of “noble savage”– Claimed that humans are born good and are then
corrupted by civilization
ENGLISH EXPLORERS
James Cook
• Most famous explorer of the Pacific• Went on three voyages1. Sailed around Australia2. Sailed north between Alaska and Russia3. Sailed south of the Pacific Islands
James Cook
• He and his crew were the first to sail completely around Antarctica
• Discovered the Hawaiian Islands• Treated the native people fairly and
generously
Cook receiving an offering
Death of James Cook
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