[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3243, aired 1998-10-14 [PAR] Early Lydian coins were made from electrum, an alloy of silver & this ... In early 
1774 Cook came within 300 miles of discovering this continent... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic Explorers: James Cook - South-Pole.com [PAR] His first experience at sea came at the age of 18 when he signed on as a 
deckhand aboard ... If not part of a continent, then he was to sail as far south as 
possible, ... and since he was well south of Kerguelen's discovery Cook 
determined that ... The voyage lasted three years and eight days covering more 
than 60,000 miles. [DOC] [TLE] James Cook - Wikipedia [PAR] Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November 1728  14 February 1779) was a 
British explorer, ... In three voyages Cook sailed thousands of miles across 
largely uncharted ... As he progressed on his voyages of discovery he surveyed 
and named ... Cook was attacked and killed in a confrontation with Hawaiians 
during his... [DOC] [TLE] Third voyage of James Cook - Wikipedia [PAR] Ostensibly James Cook's third and final voyage was to return Omai, a young man 
from Raiatea to his homeland, but the Admiralty used this as a cover for their plan 
to send Cook on a voyage to discover the Northwest Passage. HMS Resolution, 
to be commanded by Cook, and HMS Discovery, ... After a time during which 
Cook, and his crew were feted, the atmosphere... [DOC] [TLE] James Cook: Second Voyage [PAR] Absent three years, Cook had arrived home in 1771 to learn from this wife that his 
... Within a month (August 1771), Cook had been promoted to captain and asked 
to take another voyage to the Pacific in search of that elusive Southern Continent, 
... the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] It has been only 100 years since humans first occupied the continent of .... In 
early December, 1772, Cook crossed the convergence and came upon his first 
iceberg. ... On January 26, 1774, Resolution crossed the Antarctic Circle for a 
third time, .... During this second southern excursion his ships got to within four 
miles of... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica | CIA World Factbook - The Best country factbook ... [PAR] Several exploration "firsts" were achieved in the early 20th century. ... Circle on 
January 17, 1773, in December 1773 and again in January 1774.[4] Cook in fact 
came within about 75 miles of the Antarctic coast before retreating in the ... known
, and reported the discovery "of an Antarctic continent west of the Balleny Islands"
. [DOC] [TLE] Discovery and Settlement of Polynesia - Polynesian Voyaging Society [PAR] Apr 21, 2011 ... He is said to have discovered the islands during a long fishing trip from a .... 
While Europeans were sailing close to the coastlines of continents before ... of 
Captain Cook's crew estimated a Tongan canoe could sail three miles to our two
. .... --Around 300 B.C. or earlier, seafarers from Samoa and Tonga... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] Cook in fact came within about 75 miles (121 km) of the Antarctic coast before ... 
and reported the discovery "of an Antarctic continent west of the Balleny Islands". 
.... West Antarctica was partially in the Northern Hemisphere, and during this ..... 
GRACE satellites to discover the 300-mile (480 km)-wide Wilkes Land crater,... [DOC] [TLE] Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage, to the Pacific Ocean: on ... [PAR] It fortunately happened, that a boat from the Discovery had been sent round the 
point of ..... Early in the morning on the 2d we weighed, and soon came in sight of 
the ..... now within the distance of four miles, it was four o'clock in the evening 
before we ...... Cook took occasion to fix the Eastern point of the Asiatic Continent. [DOC] [TLE] Terra Australis Incognita - The Xenophile Historian [PAR] Of course the Aborigines had a whole continent, but as we noted before, they did 
... for Terra Australis in the Pacific, the

Question: In early 1774 Cook came within 300 miles of discovering this continent
Answer: Antarctica