'Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands', c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton. # 2636641

'Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands', c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

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'Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands', c1908, (c1920). James Cook (1728-1779) British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook told the Maoris that he had come to set a mark upon their islands. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]