Captain Cook's landing place

jasonnewman · 发表于 2014-5-19 21:13:38

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From: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/kurnell.htmlWhen Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook first set foot on Australian soil at Kurnell Peninsula Headland in Botany Bay, New South Wales, he made history.This moment was the beginning of British settlement of the Australian continent, it altered forever the way of life for Indigenous Australians, dramatically expanded the world's scientific understanding of the continent's unique flora and fauna and ultimately led to the creation of a new nation - Australia.Cook spent several months circling and surveying New Zealand's North and South Islands, before HM Bark Endeavour set sail for Van Diemen's Land, which he believed to be the south-eastern tip of New Holland. Southerly gales propelled the ship north and, on 19 April 1770, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, Cook's second in command, sighted land. This was the 'East Coast of New Holland', first named Point Hicks and now Cape Everard.The landing
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