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- James Cook FRS (7 November 1728- 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, 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.
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David Garrick was born on 19 February 1717 in Hereford, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Miss in Her Teens (2014), Il matrimonio segreto (1943) and The Country Girl (1915). He was married to Eva Maria Veigel. He died on 20 January 1779 in London, England, UK.- Composer
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William Boyce was born in September 1711 in London, England, UK. William was a composer, known for Love & Friendship (2016), American Playhouse (1980) and Dean Spanley (2008). William died on 7 February 1779 in London, England, UK.