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Joseph Banks was a botanist. Because James Cook was under secret orders to find out as much as he could about the "great southern continent", if it existed, Banks's task was to collect specimens of new species of flora discovered, and to record observations about them.
Captain James Cook is remembered because he discovered Australia on the first fleet
James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he originally called the Sandwich Islands. Although the Cook Islands are named after him, Cook did not discover them, merely visiting them in 1773.
Yes he did.
A naturalist on board his ship discovered penguins in Antarctica.
David G. Cook has written: 'Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Annelida: Oligochaeta / David G. Cook and Ralph O. Brinkhurst' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Oligochaeta 'Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States' -- subject(s): Oligochaeta
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The European discovery was by Captain James Cook,
When James Cook (not yet a captain) first landed in Australia, he found a potentially fertile land which was populated by the indigenous people and no-one else. There was thick bushland and unusual fauna and flora, the likes of which he had never before seen.
James Cook was born in yorkshire. See related links.
James Cook when he discovered the sandwich islands
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Joseph Banks was a botanist. Because James Cook was under secret orders to find out as much as he could about the "great southern continent", if it existed, Banks's task was to collect specimens of new species of flora discovered, and to record observations about them.
Captain James Cook discovered them in 1700s.
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