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NW Passage in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at NW Passage in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1776–1776

Historical events in NW Passage

1776

1776
North West Passage
James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Maps the Bering Straits & attempts to look for the North West Passage

11 July 1776
Death of James Cook
James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Returns to Hawaii from the North West Passage & killed in a scuffle with the Islanders

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