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Was James Cook the first person to travel on the eastern part of Australia?
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Of course not the kindle was he first person
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When did James Cook explore Australia?
James Cook charted the eastern coast of Australia from April to August 1770.
When did James Cook map Australia's coastline?
James Cook charted much of Australia's eastern coastline in 1770.
When did James Cook first sight Australia?
James Cook first sighted the eastern coast of Australia in April 1770.
What ship did James Cook travel on to come to Australia?
James Cook, who was not yet a Captain but a Lieutenant, travelled to Australia in the HM Bark Endeavour.
What eastern side of a continent did James Cook name?
James Cook named the eastern side of Australia New South Wales. He claimed it for England in 1770.
What name did the British originally give to eastern Australia?
In 1770, James Cook claimed the eastern side of Australia for England under the name of New South Wales.
When did Captain Cook travel around the continent?
Which continent? James Cook never circumnavigated Australia, but he did chart the eastern coast, from April to August 1770. He circumnavigated the islands of New Zealand in 1769.
Who came in 1770?
James Cook reached Australia's eastern coast in 1770, claiming the eastern half of the continent for England.
What was James Cook's ship to Australia and New Zealand?
When James Cook came across New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, he was commanding the HMS Bark Endeavour.
Was James Cook the first to settle Australia?
James Cook was neither the first person to discover nor settle Australia.
What country did James Cook sail around most in 1770?
James Cook sailed up the eastern coast of Australia in 1770.
What was Eastern Australia called by Captain Cook in Early Times?
James Cook did not name the first colony of Australia. He sailed up the eastern coast 18 years before the continent was colonised.Cook claimed the eastern half of Australia as New South Wales, and recommended that the site of Botany Bay be colonised. However, when Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet into Botany Bay, he found it was not suitable for settlement, for several reasons, and moved north to Port Jackson.
