James Cook


 * First European to reach Australia and New Zealand
 * Mapped out land outlines in Newfoundland
 * Evidence from his second voyage put down evidence for a massive southern continent, Terra Australis
 * Made landfall in Botany Bay, Australia
 * Incident involving a stolen canoe led to his death in Hawaii during his third voyage
 * Received the Copley Medal for a paper on Scurvy
 * None of his men died from it on his first voyage
 * First voyage was to observe the transit of Venus