I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

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James Cook
Born in 1728 to a Yorkshire farm family, Cook rose from coal-ship sailor to Royal Navy captain. Three Pacific voyages charted Australia, discovered Hawaii, and first penetrated the Antarctic Circle.
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