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Both Cook and Phillip had similar backgrounds in farming, and in joining the British navy at an early age, but after that they served quite different purposes.

James Cook was the first Englishman to reach and chart Australia's eastern coast. He was involved with three extensive voyages between 1769 and 1779, the year in which he was killed by Hawaiian natives. He circumnavigated and charted the islands of New Zealand, came closer to the Antarctic than any previous explorer and discovered the Hawaiian islands, naming them the Sandwich Islands (after the Earl of Sandwich).

Many people would not consider that Captain Arthur Phillip was an explorer, because he had a single commission, which was to command the First Fleet to New South Wales and establish the convict settlement there. He did not set sail to discover other countries or lands. However, as part of his job, Phillip needed to explore beyond the first colony to find more land for farming and settlement. He made several trips by boat up the rivers in the area, and expanded the colony to Rose Hill (now Parramatta). Phillip was not killed by natives, though he did have one encounter with Aborigines in which he was speared in the shoulder. He returned to England, where he died in 1814.

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