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Definition: Captain Cook |
Captain CookNoun1. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Synonyms: Captain CookSynonyms: Captain James Cook (n), Cook (n), James Cook (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Captain Cook |
| English words defined with "Captain Cook": Banks ♦ Sir Joseph Banks. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Captain Cook": Malbrouk. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Visit from Captain Cook (1980) | |
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![]() | An Offering before Captain Cook in the Sandwich Islands. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S.S. Brooklyn, Captain Cook. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Economic History | Vanuatu | In 1774, Captain Cook named the islands the New Hebrides, a name that lasted until independence. (references) |
Australia | Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and English explorers observed the island before 1770, when Captain Cook explored the east coast and claimed it for Great Britain (three American colonists were crew members aboard Cook's ship, the Endeavour). (references) | |
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1. Captain Cook, HI (CDP, FIPS 3850) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-k-n-o-o-p-t" | |
-2 letters: cocaptain. | |
-3 letters: coaction. | |
-4 letters: captain, caption, cockpit, katcina, paction, tapioca. | |
-5 letters: action, anopia, antick, atonic, atopic, cantic, capita, captan, cation, catkin, catnap, catnip, cocain, inkpot, kation, octopi, option, patina, pinata, potion, taipan. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 74 61 69 6E      43 6F 6F 6B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p t a i n   C o o k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0074 0061 0069 006E      0043 006F 006F 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678286677580237818177 |
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