On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named

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On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named

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Date: 12 December, 1776

On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named the Prince Edward Islands, comprising of Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. He was unaware of the fact that French discoverer Du Fresne had already discovered and named them.

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Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 205

On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named

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