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British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
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James Cook
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three important voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Great Barrier Reef
Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)