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James Cook was the first to be shipwrecked on the "Great Barrier Reef."

He was the first to char the east coast of Australia.

He was the one who named New South Wales and claimed it for Great Britain.

He was the first to circumnavigate the islands of New Zealand and chart the coastline.

Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle.

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