1. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779); [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Captain James Cook
n 1: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
(1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook,
Captain James Cook]