What and where was James Cook's first mission?

Answer 1

James Cook's first voyage was to observe the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean.

After this, whilst still on this mission, Cook had orders to head south and west and secretly search for the unknown Great Southern Continent, or Terra Australis Incognitabefore other countries, especially France, reached it first.

Answer 2

James Cook was hired by the British Royal Geographical Society to observe the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. The transit of Venus occurs when the planet Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, and its unlit side can be seen as a small black circle moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Venus occur in pairs, eight years apart, approximately once every 120 years. Cook's ship, the 'Endeavour', departed England, on 25 August 1768 for this scientific mission.

After this, whilst still on this mission, Cook had orders to head south and west and secretly search for the unknown Great Southern Continent, or Terra Australis Incognitabefore other countries, especially France, reached it first.

Answer 3

On James Cook's first voyage, he was sent to observe the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti. Cook's ship, the 'Endeavour', departed England, on 25 August 1768. Cook reached Tahiti and observed the transit which occurred on 3 June 1769.

After observing the transit of Venus, Cook went on to search for Terra Australis Incognita, the great continent which some believed to extend round the pole. Cook first came across New Zealand, which had already been discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642. He spent some months there, charting the coastline. Several months later, he set sail west for New Holland, later Australia.

After charting the eastern coast of what he called "New South Wales" from April to August 1770, Cook then headed for England, travelling via Cape Town and up the west coast of Africa. He returned in 1771.

Answer 4

James Cook departed Plymouth, England on 25 August 1768.

Answer 5

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