29 April 1770 Captain Cook lands in Botany Bay Australia

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Botany Bay - a bay in Sydney, New South Wales.
It was the site of a landing by James Cook of HMS Endeavour
...................from Wikipedia >> Botany Bay

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Cook lands at Botany Bay on the 29th April 1770

James Cook was born in Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England in 1728 and worked for a ship building firm and later joined the Navy in 1755.

Captain Cook sailed on his ship the Endeavour.

Captain Cook and his crew landed by longboat at Kurnell Peninslar, Australia on the 29th April 1770.

Captain James Cook died in Hawaii in 1779 in a skirmish.

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chellin2 wrote:

Thanks for doing that topic Mattycat, very interesting for my fellow Australians

See also: 6 October 1769 Cptn James Cook discovers New Zealand
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