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.
Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain Cook) arrived at the east coast of Australia in 1770.
Yes he did in 1770
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Captain Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain in 1770
James Cook never settled in Australia. After charting the eastern coast of the continent in 1770, he returned to England. During his life, he made two more significant voyages, but his home remained in England.
Captain Cook first came to Australia in 1770, first sighting the southeastern corner of the Australian mainland in April 1770. He departed England in August 1768. Incidentally, Cook did not discover Australia.
It is a common misconception that Captain Cook discovered Australia. He did not. The Australian continent had been populated by Aborigines for thousands of years, and visited by numerous Asian traders and, later, explorers since the first known European visitor in 1616. Captain James Cook was the first European to sight and chart the eastern coast of Australia, which he did between April and August 1770.
Cook and The Endeavor left on their expedition from Plymouth on Aug. 26, 1768. The ship reached Tahiti in April 1769. New Zealand was discovered on Oct. 7, 1769 before moving on to the eastern coast of Australia. It returned back to England on July 13, 1771.
The east coast of Australia was first explored by Captain James cook in 1770.
James Cook raised the British flag on Australia's eastern coast in 1770.
James Cook (not yet a captain) claimed New South Wales for Great Britain in 1770.
James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.