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.
James Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770.At the time, Cook was still a Lieutenant, and not yet a Captain.
James Cook (still a lieutenant at this stage) discovered and named Botany Bay on Australia's east coast in April 1770.
Botany Bay was indeed the first place where Lieutenant (not yet Captain) James Cook set foot on Australian soil.
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.
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.
James Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770.At the time, Cook was still a Lieutenant, and not yet a Captain.
Botany Bay.
The bay was named by Cook and Sir Joseph Banks ...
Botany Bay is a bay in New South Wales, a few kilometers south of the Sydney. Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia.
James Cook (still a lieutenant at this stage) discovered and named Botany Bay on Australia's east coast in April 1770.
Botany Bay was indeed the first place where Lieutenant (not yet Captain) James Cook set foot on Australian soil.
James Cook (not yet a captain) did not name Botany Bay after any of his companions. Botany Bay was so named because of the many varieties of new plant life that botanist Sir Joseph Banks noted.
The first European explorer to discover Botany Bay was James Cook, who did so in 1770. Originally Cook named the 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.
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.
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Botany Bay is in state of New South Wales. It lies about 8km south of the main harbor where the city of Sydney is positioned, but it's considered part of Sydney now.
James Cook (not yet a captain at that stage) named the bay south of where Sydney now stands Botany Bay. At that stage, Sydney did not exist. There was no settlement there. Later, Sydney developed on Port Jackson, which Cook named in 1770 after Judge Advocate of the Fleet.