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Who was the sailor on Captain Cook's ship to first see Australia?
On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
In which city can you see a famous statue of Captain Cook?
Gisborne, New Zealand
Who was the European to see New Zealand?
captain James cook who came from marton in England
How old was Captain Cook when he discovered Australia?
James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.
Did Captain Cook see the coast of Australia?
Yes: James Cook saw the east coast of Australia, and charted it over several months.
Who is first man to cross antarctica?
That would depend on your definition of "reach". 1773: Captain James Cook became the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle. 1820: The Antarctic continent was first seen by human eyes. Historians have disagreed on who those eyes belonged to; at least one possible claimant is believed to have seen land but mistaken it for ice at the time. Credit for being the first man to see the continent has been divided between three men who made separate voyages to Antarctica that year: Fabian von Bellingshausen, a captain in the Russian Imperial Navy; Edward Bransfield, a captain in the British navy; Nathaniel Brown Palmer, an American sealer. 1840: Frenchman Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville became the first person to set foot on Antarctica. (Some historians believe that John Davis, an American sealer, may have set foot on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1821, but even he was unsure if he landed on the continent itself or a nearby island.)
Why is Antarctica missing on the 1689 old world map?
James Cook was the first to document the existence of islands south of the Antarctic Circle in 1772. He did not see the continent, which is estimated to be about 150 miles beyond his sightings.
When did Captain Cook leave to discover Australia?
Captain Cook did not discover Australia.His mission was to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti, and then to continue on to see if Terra Australis Incognitaexisted. Cook's ship, the 'Endeavour', departed England, on 25 August 1768.
When did the first explorers visit antarctica?
Because they wanted to see how white it was and the animals
When did captain cook see the transit of venus?
Captain Cook observed the transit of Venus on June 3, 1769. He and his crew embarked on the HMS Endeavour to observe the rare celestial event from the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. This observation was part of a scientific expedition organized by the Royal Society in England.
Does Antarctica have places to see?
Yes, all of Antarctica is a 'place to see'.
Who descovred Antarctica?
Captain James Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle on the 17th of January, 1773, and reached a latitude of 67 degrees 15 minutes S. It is not clear whether or not he actually set eyes on Antarctica since the ice pack prevented any further southward progress. In January, 1820, as a result of an earlier expedition where he was blown off course, the British Royal Navy sent William Smith as pilot with Edward Bransfield to search the waters south of the newly claimed South Shetland Islands. It is subsequently claimed that they are the first to see the Antarctic Peninsula. On the 27th of January, 1820, Russian, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, becomes the first person to see the Antarctic continent. In January,1821, Bellingshausen returns to the Antarctic and completes a circumnavigation of Antarctica being only the second explorer, after Cook, to do so. In February, American sealer John Davis arguably becomes the first person to land on the Antarctic continent. A Norwegian scientist immigrant to Australia, Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934), became the first man to set foot on the Antarctic when he stepped on to Cape Adare on the 24th of January, 1895. From 1894-95 he devoted his time to exploration of Antarctica. He attempted to reach the South Pole in 1897. During this expedition, he was the first to discover lichen in the Antarctic, and reached a latitude of 78 degrees 5 minutes S.
