botany bay
Yes. At the time, he was not yet a captain, but Lieutenant James Cook discovered Botany Bay in April 1770. Originally, he gave it the name of "Stingray Harbour", but the name was changed after he and his crew (including botanist Joseph Banks) landed and discovered such a variety of new plant species there.
Captain Cook's last name was Cook. His full name (after promotion) was Captain James Cook.
Captain Cook was a captain and his full name was James Cook.
He was called Captain Cook because his last name was actually Cook.
Botany Bay's first name was "Stingray Harbour." The name was later changed to Botany Bay by Captain James Cook in 1770, due to the abundance of plant life he observed in the area. The bay is located in New South Wales, Australia, and is historically significant as the site of the first British colony in Australia.
james cook
Captain James Cook's father's name was also James Cook, and the elder James Cook was married to Grace Pace.
The name of the place is Botany Bay, and was named by the botanist Sir Joseph Banks because of its diverse range of flora.
James Cook originally called Botany Bay Stingray Harbour.The name Botany Bay was suggested by Joseph Banks, the famed scientists and botanist who travelled with James Cook between 1768 and 1771. Banks was impressed by all the new species of flora and collected many new botanical specimens at Botany Bay - hence the name change.
Botany Bay's original name, as given by James Cook, was "Stingray Harbour". However, it was later changed to "Botany Bay" because of the many new and unique plant species that Cook's botanists (Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander) found, classified and catalogued there.
On 28 April 1770, Captain Cook discovered Botany Bay. On 29 April 1770 Cook's vessel, the Endeavour, sailed into Botany Bay. He described the bay as being "tolerably well sheltered", and initially named it Stingray Bay, after the large numbers of stingray he noted. The name was later changed to Botany Bay due to the vast numbers of new and unique botanical specimens noted by the ship's botanists, including Joseph Banks. Within the bay, Cook named Cape Solander and Cape Banks after Banks and Finnish botanist Daniel Solander.