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Quote Originally Posted by truthpaste View Post

Nope. Still looks like 1 eclipse in the year 2024 compared to 2 in 1777.
Well if you do some research rather then constantly looking for an escape hatch then you may discover something along the way.
There was a lot of new discoveries happening mainly in the southern hemisphere in the late 1770's, and you may also remember that 1776 was THE founding year for America.

After a number of epic voyages, we read that there was one final Voyage for Captain Cook:
Cook’s last expedition (1776-1779) was a search for a Northwest Passage across northern North America to Asia - he searched from the Pacific Ocean side of the continent. Cook sailed from England on July 12, 1776, on the Resolution. Officers on the ship included George Vancouver and William Bligh (who would later be the captain of the Bounty and have his crew mutiny).

Cook arrived at Capetown, South Africa, on October 18, 1776, and sailed to the Indian Ocean and on to New Zealand (in early 1777), the Cook Islands, and Tonga. Heading for Alaska, Cook sailed to and named the Christmas Islands (arriving on December 25, 1777, hence the name). He then sailed to and named the Sandwich Islands (named for the Earl of Sandwich, one of Cook’s patrons). Cook searched for a Northwest Passage in Alaska, but was unsuccessful. He then returned to the Sandwich Islands.

Cook was killed by a mob on Feb. 14, 1779, on the Sandwich Islands (now called Hawaii).