First voyage
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August 1, 1768- Sails to the seas to observe transit of venus over the suns disc by tahiti, leading to New Zealand.
Second voyage
July 30, 1775- Cook became the first man to circumnavigate the seas in 2 directions
"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me but as far as I think it possible for a man to go."
-Captain James Cook
Third And Last Voyage
"As we have sailed on this Island and celebrated Christmas on it, I shall call it "Christmas Island"