Captain James Cook was not a convict. Convicts did not arrive in Australia until 18 years after Cook first charted the east coast.
The east coast of Australia was first explored by Captain James cook in 1770.
When James Cook initially explored and charted Australia's eastern coast, he was still a Lieutenant. He was promoted to captain following his successful charting New Zealand and Australia's east coast.
Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain) was the first to circumnavigate and chart the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
No. Lieutenant James Cook, who was not yet a captain when he first charted the east coast of Australia, was on a mission of both exploration and scientific observation. The convicts arrived in Australia eighteen years after Cook sighted the east coast.
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Captain Cook and Captain Hook are two different people.Captain Cook was a real explorer who charted lands such as New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, and was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle.Captain Hook is a fictitious character from Peter Pan.
Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook reached the eastern coast of Australia in April 1770. He first sighted and named Point Hicks on the southeastern coast, and gradually moved northwards.
Captain Cook's first journey to the eastern coast of Australia was in 1770. He charted and explored along the coast between April and August of that year, naming it New South Wales.
No. Captain Cook was the first European to sight the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, and it was on his recommendation that the continent was colonised. However, Cook did not accompany the First Fleet as he was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1779, nine years prior to the First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove.
The Captain James Cook memorial was built in 1970 to commemorate the bicentenary of Cook's charting of the east coast of Australia.A couple of points to consider, however: James Cook was not yet a captain when he charted the east coast - he was still a Lieutenant. Secondly, he did not "discover" it, but he was the first known European to sail along the east coast.
None. He was the first to seriously explore and map the coast of Australia, but that continent had already been discovered earlier by the Dutch.