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What was Eastern Australia called by Captain Cook in Early Times?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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∙ 11y agoAlthough Lieutenant James Cook (not a captain at this stage) did not discover Australia, it could be said that he "discovered" the east coast, as no other European had recorded information about the east coast.
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∙ 13y agoJames Cook's first landing point on the east coast of Australia was Botany Bay.
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∙ 15y agoWhen Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, he named it New South Wales.
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∙ 12y agoJames Cook named the entire eastern half of Australia New South Wales.
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What continent did captain cook discover?
Captain James Cook did not discover any continent. In 1770, he found the eastern coast of Australia, but Australia as a continent had been discovered by the Portuguese about two hundred years before Cook. Formal discoveries of Australia were made by the Dutch in the early 1600s.
Why is Captain Arthur Phillip remembered in Australia?
Captain Arthur Phillip is remembered as the First Governor of the colony of New South Wales, and captain of the First Fleet of convicts to arrive on Australia's shores. He is remembered as being the one whose practical ideas helped the colony survive during the early years, even though it was threatened by starvation.
How did Captain Cook help shape early Australia?
James Cook explored and charted the eastern coast of Australia (he did not discover Australia). He and botanist Joseph Banks, who was aboard the Endeavour with Cook during this journey, proposed that Australia be settled as a penal colony. His reports of the continent were far more favourable than those of fellow Englishman William Dampier, who had only landed on Australia's far northwestern shores. Cook therefore helped shape Australia because his reports were directly responsible for the subsequent settlement of the land, even though this occurred eighteen years after Cook's mapping of the coast.
What did Captain Cook find on his journey to Australia?
He didn't. Contrary to popular belief, Captain James Cook did not discover Australia.The first non-Aboriginal people to visit Australia were the Malay and Indian traders, from the Indonesian islands. They collected sea slugs from the Australian coast to trade with China, where the slugs were a prized delicacy.The Portuguese are believed to have discovered Australia in the 1500s, but all records of their visit/s have been lost.Willem Jansz/Janszoon was a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. He became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606. However, he believed the Cape to be part of New Guinea, from whence he crossed the Arafura Sea, so Australia was not charted as a separate continent at that stage.In 1616, Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog sailed too far whilst trying out Henderik Brouwer's recently discovered route from the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia, via the Roaring Forties. Reaching the western coast of Australia, he landed at Cape Inscription on 25 October 1616. His is the first known record of a European visiting Western Australia's shores.The first Englishman to visit Australia was William Dampier, in 1688.James Cook (not a captain at this stage) charted the eastern coast and claimed it in the name of the British in 1770, and for this reason, Cook is often wrongly credited with discovering Australia. Captain Cook was on a scientific expedition to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti when he continued west, coming across New Zealand and then continuing on until he reached the Australian mainland and charted the Eastern coast. Cook was the first European to sight and chart the eastern coast of Australia, which he did between April and August 1770, naming the land New South Wales. He explored much of the eastern Australian coast on behalf of Britain, which was looking to found new colonies given the looming probable independence of the American colonies.
Where did NSW's name come from?
Captain James Cook, on his voyage of discovery and mapping of the eastern coast of Australia, named the entire eastern coast New Wales. This included all the area east of New Holland, which was approximately where the state of Western Australia lies. Later in his journal, Cook changed the name to "New South Wales". However, Cook did not elaborate on why he called the land "New South Wales", so we can only speculate that it reminded him of South Wales. Cook claimed the east coast under the orders of England's King George III on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, which is when he formally named it New South Wales. His actual words were: "I now once more hoisted English Coulers and in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third, took possession of the whole Eastern Coast [of New Holland] from the above Latitude down to this place by the name of New South Wales." The name "Australia" was not used until after it was suggested by explorer Matthew Flinders in the early 1800s.
What is the name of the boat that Captain Cook was on when he discovered Australia?
Captain Cook did not discover Australia. Notwithstanding the presence of Australian Aborigines, and the Asian sea-slug traders who visiter the continent's northern shores long before Eureopean settlement, Australia was "discovered" by Dutch explorers in the early 1600s.The boat in which Captain Cook explored and charted the eastern coastline was the H.M.Bark Endeavour.
What continent did captain cook discover?
Captain James Cook did not discover any continent. In 1770, he found the eastern coast of Australia, but Australia as a continent had been discovered by the Portuguese about two hundred years before Cook. Formal discoveries of Australia were made by the Dutch in the early 1600s.
Did Captain Cook discover Australia in 1787?
No, on three counts.1. James Cook was not a captain when he first charted the eastern coast of Australia. He was a Lieutenant.2. James Cook arrived at Australia's southeastern coast in 1770.3. James Cook did not discover Australia.James Cook was the first known European to sight the eastern coast, and he did so in April 1770, first sighting the southeast corner which he named Point Hicks. The European discovery of Austalia occurred early in 1606.
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Why is Captain Arthur Phillip remembered in Australia?
Captain Arthur Phillip is remembered as the First Governor of the colony of New South Wales, and captain of the First Fleet of convicts to arrive on Australia's shores. He is remembered as being the one whose practical ideas helped the colony survive during the early years, even though it was threatened by starvation.
What European was credited with dicovering Australia?
William Dampier (British) - 1688. Some sources say that the first European discoveries took place in the early 17th century, and that the Potuguese were the first explorers of the continent. Captain James Cook claimed British possession of the eastern part of the continent in 1770.
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Why didn't the early explorers settle in Australia?
The first explorers to reach the Western Australian coastline were the Dutch. They had more important consideration, such as trade with Asia, and there was very little in Australia's landscape to appeal to them. The land was flat, dry and barren in appearance. The first English explorer to reach Australia was William Dampier. Landing in Australia's northwest, he was completely unimpressed by the land, and his negative reports influenced England against Australia, until Captain Cook sailed up the fertile eastern coast in 1770, and returned a highly favourable report on the country.
How did Captain Cook help shape early Australia?
James Cook explored and charted the eastern coast of Australia (he did not discover Australia). He and botanist Joseph Banks, who was aboard the Endeavour with Cook during this journey, proposed that Australia be settled as a penal colony. His reports of the continent were far more favourable than those of fellow Englishman William Dampier, who had only landed on Australia's far northwestern shores. Cook therefore helped shape Australia because his reports were directly responsible for the subsequent settlement of the land, even though this occurred eighteen years after Cook's mapping of the coast.
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