James Cook's ship in 1770 (before he was a captain) was the Endeavour.
This was the ship in which he sailed to the South Pacific, circumnavigated New Zealand and charted the east coast of Australia.
James Cook's ship in 1770 (before he was a captain) was the Endeavour.
This was the ship in which he sailed to the South Pacific, circumnavigated New Zealand and charted the east coast of Australia.
No middle name, just James Cook
Lieutenant James Cook (not yet a captain) sailed to Australia on the HMS Bark Endeavour in 1770. This was the first of three ships he commanded.
Fathers name was also James Cook, his mothers name was Grace Pace
That would be 1770 ... hence the name ...
James Cook was still a lieutenant and not yet a captain when he named the eastern half of Australia as New South Wales, and claimed it in the name of Great Britain in 1770.
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Captain Cook was a captain and his full name was James Cook.
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
The town of 1770 got its name because it was the site of the second landing of Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour on the eatsern coast of Australia, in May 1770.
Captain Cook did not discover Australia.James Cook, who was not yet a captain when he reached Australia, did not discover Australia. He 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.He claimed the eastern half of the Australian continent for England, under the name of New South Wales, in August 1770.
Father James Cook and mother Grace Pace