3. Louis Antoine de Bougainville
• set up settlement on Falkland Islands
• Also claimed Tahiti
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6. • Brought two important people with him:
1. A naturalist – classified the plants and
animals they discovered
2. An astronomer – work out new ways to
determine longitude
7. • Believed in concept of “noble savage”
– Claimed that humans are born good and are then
corrupted by civilization
9. James Cook
• Most famous explorer of the Pacific
• Went on three voyages
1. Sailed around Australia
2. Sailed north between Alaska and Russia
3. Sailed south of the Pacific Islands
Had to close it because of English and Spanish claims on the islands
This became the custom for future explorations
The routes of Captain James Cook's voyages. The first voyage is shown in red, second voyage in green, and third voyage in blue. The route of Cook's crew following his death is shown as a dashed blue line.
2nd voyage
When native people stole from him he would capture a chief or other important person, then he would announce that the captive would not be freed until the thief returned the stolen items…tried it in Hawaii…they stole some tools and a canoe…tried to take an old chief hostage..angry mob attacked cook and his men…cook’s men escaped, but he didn’t. Beat him to death with their war clubs
