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Pioneers/Explorers: James Cook
James

Name origin: Hebrew

Name meaning: Supplanter, substitute; the patron saint of Spain

 
Cook

Name origin: English

Name meaning: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Old English cōc (Latin coquus). There has been some confusion with Cocke.

 
 
 
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